Dictionary/将

将

将 jiāng · jiàng

ㄐㄧㄤ 将
1will
2shall
3to use
4to take
5to checkmate
6just a short while ago
7(introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把)
8a general
9(Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
10(literary) to command; to lead

Etymology

ideographic · Going to bed 丬 at night 夕, a predictable future

Radical

丬 · half of tree trunk

Composition

⿰丬⿱夕寸

Writing

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