將 (jiāng)
Will; shall; about to; (particle marking object before verb)
How 將 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 爿 — split wood
- Traditional
- 將
- Simplified
- 将
Components
- 爿 split wood
- 月 moon
- 寸 thumb
將 has 3 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- jiāng
- will; shall; to use; to take
- jiàng
- general; commander-in-chief (military); king (chess piece); to command
- qiāng
- to desire; to invite; to request
Common words using 將
- 麻將 májiàng
- mahjong; CL:副[fu4]
- 即將 jíjiāng
- on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of
- 名將 míngjiàng
- famous general
- 將來 jiānglái
- in the future; future; the future
- 將軍 jiāngjūn
- Chiangchun township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
- 將近 jiāngjìn
- almost; nearly; close to
- 武將 wǔjiàng
- general; military leader; fierce man
- 上將 shàngjiàng
- general; admiral; air chief marshal
- 中將 zhōngjiàng
- lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal
- 偏將 piānjiàng
- deputy general
- 副將 fùjiàng
- deputy general
- 大將 dàjiàng
- a general or admiral
將 in a sentence
我們將在下個月舉行婚禮。
Wǒmen jiāng zài xià gè yuè jǔxíng hūnlǐ.
“We will hold the wedding next month.”
How common is 將?
將 is the 132nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 47.1% of all running text.
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