將

將 (radical 41, 寸+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女一月木戈 (VMBDI), four-corner 2724₂, composition ⿰爿⿱⿴𠂊⺀寸(GHJK) or ⿰爿⿱⿴𠂊冫寸(T) or ⿰爿⿱⿳丿⺀丿寸(V))

• 将

• 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

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).

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 ('chang, “to hold, to keep, to carry”).

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

Austroasiatic: compare Khmer ចង់ (cɑng, “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).

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?

   吳之將亡，賢愚所知，非今日也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   吴之将亡，贤愚所知，非今日也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

   Wú zhī jiāng wáng, xián yú suǒ zhī, fēi jīnrì yě. [Pinyin]

   Wu will perish soon; this is known by the fools and by the wise; it is not today.

2. ^† soon; in the near future
3. ^† nearly; almost
   1. 78th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "on the verge" (𝍓)
4. ^† just; just now
5. ^† certainly; surely
6. ^† to take; to hold; to fetch

   五花馬，千金裘。呼兒將出換美酒，與爾同銷萬古愁。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   五花马，千金裘。呼儿将出换美酒，与尔同销万古愁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: 李白, 《將進酒》

   Wǔ huā mǎ, qiānjīn qiú. Hū ér jiāng chū huàn měijiǔ, yǔ ěr tóng xiāo wàngǔ chóu. [Pinyin]

   My precious horse, and my furs worth a thousand gold pieces; call your son and have him take them out to be swapped for fine wine, and together with you I'll drown the sorrows of ten thousand ages.

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]

      I resented that you heartlessly let me go

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。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
      方升座，殿角狂风骤起，只见一条大青蛇，从梁上飞将下来，蟠于椅上。 [Written Vernacular 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.

將

1. ^† to command; to lead
2. (military) general
3. high-ranking military officer
4. (Chinese chess) general; king (on the black side)
5. (figuratively) dab hand (at something); capable person

• (Chinese chess pieces) 帥/將, 仕/士, 相/象, 俥/車, 傌/馬, 炮/砲, 兵/卒

將

1. ^† to ask; to request; to invite
2. ^† Used in 將將／将将.

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

1. commander
2. general, admiral

• Go-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: ひきいる (hikīru, 將る)^{←ひきゐる (fikiwiru, historical)}; もって (motte, 將て); はた (hata, 將); まさに (masani, 將に)
• Nanori: すすむ (susumu); まさし (masashi); まさる (masaru)

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

1. A male given name

將 • (jang) (hangeul 장)

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• 將校/장교
• 將軍/장군
• 將棋/장기
• 將來/장래
• 將兵/장병
• 禁府羅將/금부나장
• 老將/노장
• 突擊將/돌격장
• 名將/명장
• 武將之卒/무장지졸
• 裨將/비장
• 少將/소장
• 守門將/수문장
• 倭將/왜장
• 王侯將相/왕후장상
• 日就月將/일취월장
• 敵將/적장
• 主將/주장
• 鎭營將/진영장
• 牌將/패장
• 敗軍之將/패군지장

將 (tướng, tương)

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