将

See also: 將

将 U+5C06, 将 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C06 ← 尅 [U+5C05] CJK Unified Ideographs 將 → [U+5C07]

将 U+2F873, 将 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F873 ← 寿 [U+2F872] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 当 → [U+2F874]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	将
Simplified	将
Traditional	將

Glyph origin

Simplified from 將 (爿 → 丬). In Simplified Chinese, the top right is simplified to 夕 (removing the dot), while in Taiwan glyph and Japanese shinjitai it is simplified to variant of 爫, as in top of 采. However, these are represented by the same Unicode code point – see Han unification.

Han character

将 (radical 41, 寸+6 in Chinese, 寸+7 in Japanese, 9 strokes in Chinese, 10 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 中一弓戈戈 (LMNII), composition ⿰丬𪧷(G) or ⿰丬寽(TJK))

Derived characters

• 奨 醤

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 294, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7437
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2375, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5C06

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Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 将 – see 將 (“will; going to; soon; in the near future; etc.”). (This character, 将, is the simplified and variant form of 將.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Usage notes

⿰丬𪧷 is the simplified form; ⿰丬寽 is a variant form.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	将
Kyūjitai	將

Kanji

将

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 將)

1. commander, leader, general

Readings

• Goon: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan’on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: ひきいる (hikiiru, 将いる); もって (motte, 将て); はた (hata, 将); まさに (masani, 将に)

Compounds

Compounds

• 主 (しゅ)将 (しょう) (shushō): (team) captain; (national forces) commander in chief
• 将 (しょう)家 (か) (shōka)
• 将 (しょう)棋 (ぎ) (shōgi): shogi, Japanese chess
• 将 (しょう)軍 (ぐん) (shōgun): shogun, Japanese military ruler
• 将 (しょう)校 (こう) (shōkō): a commissioned officer
• 将帥 (しょうすい) (shōsui)
• 将 (しょう)星 (せい) (shōsei)
• 将卒 (しょうそつ) (shōsotsu): officers and soldiers
• 将 (しょう)門 (もん) (shōmon)
• 大将 (たいしょう) (taishō): (military) general

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
将
しょう Grade: 6
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 將 (tsjang^H, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) しょ​ー [shóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]

Noun

将 (hiragana しょう, rōmaji shō, historical hiragana しやう)

1. general; commander

Proper noun

将 (hiragana しょう, rōmaji Shō)

1. A male given name

将 (hiragana まさる, rōmaji Masaru)

1. A male given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
将
はた Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) は​た [háꜜtà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠ta̠]

Adverb

将 (hiragana はた, rōmaji hata)

1. also