将 (jiàng): meaning and stroke order
将 (jiàng) means (bound form) a general, (literary) to command; to lead.
将
- Simplified
- 将
- Traditional
- 將
- Pinyin
- jiàng · qiāng · jiāng
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Stroke order of 将
将
- jiāng will; shall
- jiàng (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead
- qiāng to desire; to invite
- 9 strokes
- Traditional form: 將
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Meaning of 将
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jiàng
Traditional 將
- (bound form) a general
- (literary) to command; to lead
- (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
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qiāng
Traditional 將
- to desire
- to invite
- to request
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jiāng
Traditional 將
- will
- shall
- to use
- to take
- to checkmate
- just a short while ago
- (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
Radical and structure
- 将
- Radical 寸 (Kangxi radical 41) · 10 strokes · 丬 on the left, 𪧷 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 将
- 名将 míng jiàng famous general; (sports) renowned athlete
- 将来 jiāng lái in the future; future
- 老将 lǎo jiàng lit. old general; commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
- 虾兵蟹将 xiā bīng xiè jiàng shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea); useless troops (idiom)
将 in our stories
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这个早市已经有四十年的历史，按照政府的规划，它将被一座五层的停车楼代替。
zhè gè zǎoshì yǐjīng yǒu sìshí nián de lìshǐ ànzhào zhèngfǔ de guīhuà tā jiāng bèi yí zuò wǔ céng de tíngchēlóu dàitì
The market was forty years old, and under the government's plan it would be replaced by a five-storey car park.
From the story The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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秦将白起故意假装失败，一路后退，赵括以为自己赢了，带着大军追了上去。
Qín jiàng Bái Qǐ gùyì jiǎzhuāng shībài yílù hòutuì Zhào Kuò yǐwéi zìjǐ yíng le dài zhe dàjūn zhuī le shàngqu
The Qin general Bai Qi deliberately feigned defeat and fell back all the way; Zhao Kuo thought he had won and pursued with his whole army.
From the story Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 将
- The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).