Chinese symbol for “riverbank”
江畔
jiāng pàn
riverbank
The closest CC-CEDICT match for riverbank is 江畔 (jiāng pàn), defined as: riverbank.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 江畔.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 江湖 | jiāng hú | rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat |
| 江山 | jiāng shān | rivers and mountains; landscape |
| 江河 | jiāng hé | river |
| 沿江 | yán jiāng | along the river; the region around the river |
| 江水 | jiāng shuǐ | river water |
| 江边 (江邊) | jiāng biān | river bank |
| 河畔 | hé pàn | riverside; river plain |
| 湖畔 | hú pàn | lakeside |
See also: Japanese symbol for “riverbank”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.