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, in Chinese 9 strokes, in Japanese 10 strokes, cangjie input 中一弓戈戈 (LMNII), composition ⿰丬𪧷(G) or ⿰丬寽(JTV))

Derived characters

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

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:

Usage notes

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

Japanese

Shinjitai

 将

Kyūjitai

 將

Kanji

将

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

  1. commander, leader, general

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

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

From Middle Chinese 將 (tsjangH, “leader”).

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

将 (hiragana はた, rōmaji hata)

  1. also

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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
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