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赣 plates: Jiangxi, and what the letters mean
Facts checked
A plate beginning 赣 was registered in Jiangxi, a province. The character is Gàn, said roughly “gahn”. 赣 is taken from the Gan River (赣江), the province's main artery. Jiangxi means 'west of the [Yangtze] river', from the Tang circuit 江南西道.
The letter after it is the office that issued the plate. 赣A belongs to Nanchang, and 12 further letters are recorded below.
The colour of the plate is a separate fact from the characters: it says what kind of vehicle carries it, and the characters say nothing about it. The colour guide sets out what each of the 7 colours licenses.
Key facts
| Plate character | 赣 “gahn” |
|---|---|
| Place | Jiangxi |
| Kind | province |
| Capital | Nanchang |
| City letters | 13 |
| Why this character | 赣 is taken from the Gan River (赣江), the province's main artery. Jiangxi means 'west of the [Yangtze] river', from the Tang circuit 江南西道. |
The city letters
- 赣A Nanchang
- 赣B Ganzhou
- 赣C Yichun
- 赣D Ji'an
- 赣E Shangrao
- 赣F Fuzhou (Jiangxi)
- 赣G Jiujiang
- 赣H Jingdezhen
- 赣J Pingxiang
- 赣K Xinyu
- 赣L Yingtan
- 赣M Nanchang
- 赣O Jiangxi expressway traffic police
| Prefix | Letter | City | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 赣A | A | Nanchang | |
| 赣B | B | Ganzhou | |
| 赣C | C | Yichun | |
| 赣D | D | Ji'an | |
| 赣E | E | Shangrao | |
| 赣F | F | Fuzhou (Jiangxi) | 抚州 Fǔzhōu, not to be confused with 福州 Fúzhōu, the capital of Fujian (闽A). |
| 赣G | G | Jiujiang | |
| 赣H | H | Jingdezhen | |
| 赣J | J | Pingxiang | |
| 赣K | K | Xinyu | |
| 赣L | L | Yingtan | |
| 赣M | M | Nanchang | Supplementary series for Nanchang, opened January 2010: the same city runs two letters because one letter's combinations ran short. It had previously been the provincial-agency series. |
| 赣O | O | Jiangxi expressway traffic police | Formerly also used by procuratorates, municipal public-security bureaus and some state-owned bodies. |
Jiangxi plates: questions people ask
- What does 赣 mean on a Chinese licence plate?
- 赣 (Gàn, "gahn") is the abbreviation for Jiangxi. 赣 is taken from the Gan River (赣江), the province's main artery. Jiangxi means 'west of the [Yangtze] river', from the Tang circuit 江南西道.
- Which city is 赣A?
- Nanchang. The letter A goes to the seat of government in almost every province, and the remaining letters were assigned to the other issuing offices.
- How many plate letters does Jiangxi use?
- 13 are recorded here, A to O. A retired or reassigned letter keeps its note in the table.
Related
Sources for Jiangxi
- Wikipedia (Chinese), 中华人民共和国民用机动车号牌 (Civil motor-vehicle registration plates of the People's Republic of China). Read . Carries the complete province-by-province table of issuing-office letters, with the retired and renumbered series footnoted to Chinese news and public-security sources. Used as a finding aid; wording here is our own.
- Wikipedia, Vehicle registration plates of China. Read . English list of prefixes; the article flags its own list as incomplete, so it is used here to cross-check the Chinese table rather than as the primary record.