将

commander; about to; leader; general; admiral; or; and again; soon

10 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 634.

Readings

• ショウ (on reading): 将来 (しょうらい) future; 将軍 (しょうぐん) general
• ソウ (on reading)
• まさに (kun reading)
• はた (kun reading)
• まさ (kun reading): 平将門の乱 (たいらのまさかどのらん) Taira-no-Masakado Rebellion (939-940 CE); 大将季 (だいまさき) daimasaki (mandarin variety)
• ひきいる (kun reading)
• もって (kun reading)
• Read as a whole word: 若女将 (わかおかみ) proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant; 大女将 (おおおかみ) senior proprietress (hostess) of a Japanese inn or restaurant

Components

• ⺦
• ⺤
• 寸
• 寸 radical inch; measure
• 爪 radical claw
• 爿 radical split wood, left half

Kanji containing 将

• 奨 exhort
• 蒋 reed
• 醤 a kind of miso

Words using 将

• 将来 (しょうらい) future
• 将軍 (しょうぐん) general
• 少将 (しょうしょう) major general
• 中将 (ちゅうじょう) lieutenant general
• 武将 (ぶしょう) military commander
• 若女将 (わかおかみ) proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant
• 大女将 (おおおかみ) senior proprietress (hostess) of a Japanese inn or restaurant
• 平将門の乱 (たいらのまさかどのらん) Taira-no-Masakado Rebellion (939-940 CE)
• 大将季 (だいまさき) daimasaki (mandarin variety)

143 words in all.

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