The word "Jiang" was originally the word "Yang" (female) in early Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and the original meaning of the word "Jiang" was the shepherdess in the northwest. In late Oracle Bone Inscriptions, it was abbreviated as "sheep" and will be abbreviated as. The inscriptions on bronze and seal script continued the late Oracle Bone Inscriptions glyph. Official script uses seal script to write the word "female".
The compound word "ginger" is a perennial herb with strong irritation, and the root tuber can be used as medicine.