蔣 meaning and stroke order
Hydropyrum latifalium; surname
How to write 蔣, stroke by stroke
15 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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How 蔣 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Grass.
艹 gives the meaning and 將 hints at the sound.
Radical: 艹 (grass), shared by 421 characters on this site.
How to remember 蔣
The grass radical 艹 on top tells you this was a plant, a kind of water grass. The bottom part 將 (jiāng) gives the sound, so think of grass growing over 將 to read it as jiǎng.
Today 蔣 is used almost only as a surname, and the plant meaning is rare outside old texts. It is the traditional form; in simplified Chinese it is written 蒋. Example: 我的老師姓蔣。(Wǒ de lǎoshī xìng Jiǎng.) My teacher's surname is Jiang.
Common mistake: Learners often read it with the first tone like its phonetic part 將 (jiāng), but the surname is third tone, jiǎng. Also do not confuse it with 獎 (jiǎng, prize), which has the same sound but 犬 at the bottom instead of grass on top.
Questions about 蔣
How many strokes are in 蔣?
蔣 is written with 15 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 蔣 mean?
蔣 (jiǎng) means Hydropyrum latifalium; surname.
How do you pronounce 蔣?
蔣 is pronounced jiǎng, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 蔣?
The radical of 蔣 is 艹, which carries the idea of "grass". Dictionaries list 蔣 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 蔣?
蔣 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 蒋, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Who is the most famous person with the surname 蔣?
The best known is 蔣介石 (Jiǎng Jièshí), known in English as Chiang Kai-shek. The spelling Chiang comes from the older Wade-Giles romanization of the same surname.
What plant does 蔣 originally refer to?
It refers to a water grass, Hydropyrum latifolium, also known as wild rice. In modern Chinese this plant is usually called 菰 (gū) or 茭白 (jiāobái), so 蔣 is not used for it in daily speech.