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将

Commander
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingショウ、ソウ
Kun readingまさ.に、はた

Meanings

  1. commander
  2. admiral
  3. and again
  4. from now on
  5. general
    彼は第二次世界大戦では陸軍大将だった。He was a general in the Second World War.tatoeba
    彼は大将に命令を取り消すように頼んだ。He asked the general to take back his order.tatoeba
  6. just about
  7. leaderRtK
  8. or
  9. soon

Homonyms

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Popular Usage

将来将棋

Radicals and components

Radical寸inch
How it's built
将
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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turtle (龟) · claw · vulture · glue

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 789

Compound words

将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ。しょう
He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.tatoeba
彼は息子の将来をとても案じている。
He is very much concerned about the future of his son.tatoeba
彼は将来有望な若手事業家だ。
He is a promising young businessman.tatoeba
将棋における贈位
Zoui in Shogiwiki
動きは将棋のものと同じ。
Their movements are the same as in Shogi.wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

数学の勉強は将来の役に立つ
すうがくのべんきょうはしょうらいのやくにたつMath studies are useful for the future.
日本の将来が心配だ
にっぽんのしょうらいがしんぱいだI'm worried about Japan's future.
将来の夢はパティシエです。
しょうらいのゆめはぱてぃしえです。My dream for the future is to be a pastry chef.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Commander; future. 爿 + ⺤ + 寸 (hand) — the one who leads troops. 将来 — the future.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 将

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