Hanja Analyzer
將

將 — jang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
장수 장
Romanization
jang
English
will, going to, future; general
Mandarin
jiāng
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ, ソウ, ヨウ
Japanese kun'yomi
まさ.に はた ひきい.る もって
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Japanese standard form
将 (Grade 6)
Strokes
11
Radical
寸 (41, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+5C07

How 將 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 將 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 爿, 肉, 寸.

Korean example words with 將

  • 적장敵將 Korean gloss: 적의 장수
  • 제장諸將 Korean gloss: 여러 장수
  • 맹장猛將 Korean gloss: 용맹한 장수
  • 명장名將 Korean gloss: 이름난 장수
  • 장래將來 Korean gloss: 다가올 앞날
  • 용장勇將 Korean gloss: 용맹스러운 장수
  • 패장敗將 Korean gloss: 싸움에 진 장수
  • 무장武將 Korean gloss: 무관으로서의 장수
  • 장망將望 Korean gloss: 장수로 추천된 후보자
  • 성장城將 Korean gloss: 성(城)을 지키는 장수
  • 장략將略 Korean gloss: 장수로서의 지략과 기량
  • 장수將帥 Korean gloss: 군사를 거느리는 우두머리

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 將

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “장” in Korean.

Other hanja read “장”

Other hanja with radical 寸

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences