將

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

• 摪, 㯍, 䒂, 蹡, 鏘, 鱂, 䵁, 嶈, 蔣, 䉃, 墏, 奬, 㢡, 槳, 漿, 獎, 䊢, 螿, 醬, 䵼, 𤖛, 𫦔

• 将 (Simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai)

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 爿 (“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 erroneously 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。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     吴之将亡，贤愚所知，非今日也。 [Literary 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: circa 752, 李白 (Li Bai), 《將進酒》／《将进酒》

     Wǔhuāmǎ, 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 [Hokkien, trad.]
      恨你绝情将阮放 [Hokkien, simp.]

      From: 黃敏／黄敏 (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]

      As soon as the emperor ascended onto his throne, a gust of wind suddenly arose out of the corner of the hall. A big green snake was spotted which flew down from the rafters and coiled up on the seat.

In Cantonese, when used for introducing the object of a verb, the action should involve a change or movement of the object.

將

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

• (Chinese chess pieces) 帥／帅/將／将, 仕/士, 相/象, 俥／伡/車／车, 傌／骂/馬／马, 炮/砲／炮, 兵/卒

將

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

• “將”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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

1. Kyūjitai form of 将

From 將 (MC t͡sɨɐŋ, “just now; also, half... half..., or; take, hold; etc.”):

• Go-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: はた (hata, 將); まさに (masani, 將に); もって (motte, 將て)

From 將 (MC t͡sɨɐŋ^H, “command, lead; commander, general; high-ranking military officer”):

• 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 (hikiiru, 將いる)^{←ひきゐる (fikiwiru, historical)}

Nanori readings:

• Nanori: すけ (suke); すすむ (susumu); たすく (tasuku); ただし (tadashi); たもつ (tamotsu); のぶ (nobu); ひとし (hitoshi); まさ (masa); もち (mochi); ゆき (yuki)

Nominalization of verb 勝る (masaru, “to excel, rival, surpass”).

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) まさ​る [màsáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) まさる [màsárú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠sa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

將(まさる) • (Masaru)  (kyūjitai, shinjitai 将)

1. a male given name

• 将

From Middle Chinese 將 (MC t͡sɨɐŋ^H, “commander”).

• (in 장군 (將軍, janggun)):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [장]
• (general; commander; etc.):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠(ː)ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [장(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Wikisource 將 (eumhun 장수(將帥) 장 (jangsu jang))

1. Hanja form^? of 장 (“general; commander”). [noun]

From Middle Chinese 將 (MC t͡sɨɐŋ, “to take; to hold”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [장]

將 (eumhun 장차(將次) 장 (jangcha jang))

1. Hanja form^? of 장 (“take, hold; from now on, in the future”). [affix]

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

• 當

From Proto-Japonic *pata.

將 (pata) (kana はた)

1. by chance
2. also

• 將や (pata ya)

• Japanese: はた (hata)

將: Hán Việt readings: tướng (子(tử)亮(lượng)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5], tương (資(tư)良(lương)切(thiết))[2][3][4][5]
將: Nôm readings: tướng[1][2][4][6], tương[2][3][7][4]

將 • (tướng) (tương)

1. chữ Hán form of tướng (“(military) general; commander”).
2. chữ Hán form of tướng (“(xiangqi) a piece labeled with the character 將 in black”).

將 • (tương)

1. chữ Hán form of tương (“soon; in the near future”).

• 將來 (tương lai)