Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Field (tián) Entry: Jiang Kangxi Stroke Count: 13 Page 765, Entry 05 Pronounced jiang. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means a boundary. The character is composed of the radical for field, with three vertical lines indicating the division of borders. The Broad Annotations (Boya) states that jiang means a boundary. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Section on the Official of the Earth, Carrier of Duties: To assign border lands using the fields of the great capital. Commentary: The border lands consist of five hundred li, which constitutes the boundary of the royal domain. Discourses of Zhou (Zhouyu): There are observation posts on the borders. Commentary: Jiang means frontier. Also pronounced liang. It refers to that which dies but does not decay. Some editions are written with the radical for bow.