將軍

See also: 将军 and 将軍

Chinese
 
a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use
 army; military; arms
trad. (將軍) 將 軍
simp. (将军) 将 军
anagram 軍將／军将

Etymology

First used in the state of Jin in Spring and Autumn period, where the army are controled by one of the leaders of six powerful vassal states (see Zhongjunjiang). Later it becomes a separate official position.

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 將 軍
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 陽 (105) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 即良切 舉云切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sɨɐŋ/ /kɨun/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡siɐŋ/ /kiun/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡siɑŋ/ /kiuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sɨaŋ/ /kun/
Li
Rong		 /t͡siaŋ/ /kiuən/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sĭaŋ/ /kĭuən/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡si̯aŋ/ /ki̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiāng jūn
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 將 軍
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jiāng jūn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsjang › ‹ kjun ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts]aŋ/ /*[k]ʷər/
English bring army; camp

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 將 軍
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 10286 7333
Phonetic
component		 爿 軍
Rime
group		 陽 文
Rime
subdivision		 0 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 將 君
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsaŋ/ /*kun/

Noun

將軍

  1. (military) general (military rank)
  2. (literary) Alternative name for 硫黃／硫黄 (liúhuáng, “sulfur”).
  3. (literary) Alternative name for 大黃／大黄 (dàihuáng, “rhubarb”).


Usage notes

Note that the character 將 here has a level-tone pronunciation (Mandarin: jiāng), not a departing-tone one (Mandarin: jiàng) as may be expected from the meaning of “general”. In fact, 將 here means "to lead", not "general".

Derived terms
Derived terms from 將軍

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (將軍):

Others:

Verb

將軍

  1. (chess) to check
  2. to put someone on the spot

Interjection

將軍

  1. (chess) check

Proper noun

將軍

  1. A surname​.

Japanese
Kanji in this term
將 軍
しょう
Jinmeiyō		 ぐん
Grade: 4

Noun

將軍 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 将軍, hiragana しょうぐん, rōmaji shōgun)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 将軍

Korean
Hanja in this term
將軍

Noun

將軍 • (janggun) (hangeul 장군)

  1. Hanja form? of 장군.

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
將軍

Noun

將軍

  1. Hán tự form of tướng quân.
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