將 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 支える。(たすけ-る)
  2. 扶養する。(やしな-う)
  3. 送り届ける。(おく-る)
  4. 行ってしまう。(ゆ-く)
  5. 段々と進歩する。(すす-む)

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

原字は「肉」+「廾」から構成される会意文字で、肉を差し出すさまを象る。それに音符「爿」を加えて「將」の字体となる。「すすめる」「ささげる」を意味する漢語{將}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

commander, general, admiral

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウ
  • ソウ
Kun (native)
  • まさ(に)
  • はた
  • ひきい(る)
  • もって
Nanori (used in names)
  • まさる
Other languages
  • 拼音jiang1
  • 拼音jiang4
  • 拼音qiang1
  • 한글jang
  • Hán-ViệtTương
  • Hán-ViệtThương
  • Hán-ViệtTướng

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
寸(すん)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5C07

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰爿寽

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-7
Four Corner
2724.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2b8.3