Translingual

Han character

將 (radical 41 寸+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女一月木戈 (VMBDI), four-corner 2724₂)

Descendants

• 将

References

• KangXi: page 294, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7438
• Dae Jaweon: page 583, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2375, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5C07

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs) : phonetic 爿 ‎(OC *braːn, *zaŋ, “bed; small table”) + semantic ⺼ ‎(“meat”) + semantic 寸 ‎(“hand”) – to offer meat as tribute by putting it on the table.

The ⺼ component is on its side, hence resembles 夕 with an added dot; compare 祭, 然.

Shuowen considers the phonetic component of 將 to be 醬 (OC *ʔsaŋs, “sauce”) (abbreviated).

Etymology

A conflation of two roots: “to take; to hold” and “will; be going to; near”.

“to take; to hold” (Pronunciations 1, 2 and 3)

Sino-Tibetan: compare Tibetan འཆང་བ ‎('chang ba, “to hold, to keep, to carry”).

“will; be going to; near” (Pronunciation 1)

Austroasiatic: compare Khmer ចង់ ‎(châng, “to want, to wish; to approach, to draw near; about to (do something), on the point of”) < Old Khmer caṅa ‎(“to wish, to want”). Cognate with 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa, “about to; on the point of; moreover; also”) (Wu, 2015).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

將

1. will; going to

   將來 / 将来  ―  jiānglái  ―  future [lit. will come]

   人類將滅絕嗎？ / 人类将灭绝吗？  ―  Rénlèi jiāng mièjué ma?  ―  Will humans go extinct?

2. ^†soon; in the near future
3. ^†nearly; almost
4. ^†just; just now
5. ^†certainly; surely
6. ^† to take; to hold; to fetch
7. ^†by; by means of; with
8. ^†also; half ... half ...; or
9. ^†if; in the case that ...
10. Particle introducing the object of the verb, used in the same fashion as 把 but more formal.

    將飯做好 / 将饭做好  ―  jiāng fàn zuò hǎo  ―  to make the food ready

    將醫生請來 / 将医生请来  ―  jiāng yīshēng qǐng lái  ―  to send for a doctor

    • 恨你絕情將阮放 [Min Nan, trad.]
      恨你绝情将阮放 [Min Nan, simp.]
      From: 黃敏 (lyricist), 碎心戀

      hūn lí choa̍t-chêng chiong gún pàng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

11. ^† to support; to assist
12. ^† to advance; to go
13. ^† to take orders; to follow
14. ^† to see off; to send off
15. ^† to take along; to bring
16. ^† to use; to utilise
17. ^† to handle; to deal with
18. ^† to eat; to have
19. ^† to lead; to guide

    將軍 / 将军  ―  jiāngjūn  ―  military general

20. ^† to submit to; to be obedient to
21. ^† to provide for
22. ^† to recuperate; to maintain; to take care of one's health
23. ^† to express; to convey
24. (dialectal) to incite someone to action
25. (dialectal, of animals) to bear (an offspring); to give birth
26. (chess) to check

    將死 / 将死  ―  jiāngsǐ  ―  to checkmate

27. (obsolete or dialectal) Particle placed after the verb and before a resultative phrase (進來, 起來, 進去 etc.).

    走將出來 / 走将出来  ―  zǒu jiāng chūlái  ―  to walk out

    唱將起來 / 唱将起来  ―  chàng jiāng qǐlái  ―  to start to sing

    • 方陞座，殿角狂風驟起，只見一條大青蛇，從梁上飛將下來，蟠於椅上。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      方陞座，殿角狂风骤起，只见一条大青蛇，从梁上飞将下来，蟠于椅上。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
      From: c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 1 (三國演義/第001回)

      Fāng shēng zuò, diàn jiǎo kuángfēng zhòu qǐ, zhǐ jiàn yī tiáo dà qīng shé, cóng liáng shàng fēi jiāng xiàlái, pán yú yǐ shàng. [Pinyin]

      He was just climbing onto his throne when a gust of wind suddenly arose out of the corner of the hall, and they spotted a big green snake fly down from the rafters, and coil up on the seat.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

將

1. ^† to command; to lead
2. (military) general
3. high-ranking military officer
4. (Chinese chess) chief; commander in chief
5. (figuratively) dab hand (at something); capable person

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

將

1. ^† to ask; to request; to invite
2. ^†Only used in 將將.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 将)

Readings

• On: しょう (shō), そう (sō)
• Kun: ひきいる (hikiiru), もって (motte), はた (hata)

Proper noun

將 ‎(kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 将, hiragana まさる, romaji Masaru)

1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

將 • ‎(jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune-Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

將 (tướng, tương)

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