Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

1. will, going to, future
2. (military) general
3. to desire, to invite, to request

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

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

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

1. commander, leader, general

Readings

• Goon: そう (sō)
• Kan’on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: ひきいる (hikiiru), もって (motte), まさに (masani)

Compounds

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) しょ​う [shóꜜò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]

Noun

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

1. general; commander

Proper noun

将 ‎(hiragana しょう, romaji Shō)

1. A male given name

将 ‎(hiragana まさる, romaji Masaru)

1. A male given name

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) は​た [háꜜtà] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ta̠]

Adverb

将 ‎(hiragana はた, romaji hata)

1. also

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3