江原道

Traditional form:

江原道

Pinyin (reading):

Jiāngyuándào

Definitions:

• Gangwon Province of Korea during Joseon Dynasty
• Kangwon province of North Korea
• Gangwon province in northeast South Korea, capital Chuncheon 春川 ( Chūnchuān)

Characters:

• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 原 - source, origin, beginning
• 道 - method, way; path, road

Traditional characters:

• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
• 原 - source, origin, beginning
• 道 - method, way; path, road