Kanji1 / 10
将 kanji
leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ショウソウ
Kun readings
まさにはたまさひきいるもって
Variant forms
將Words with 将
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —陸軍大将army general
- —十二神将the twelve divine generals (of Bhaisajyaguru)
- —陸軍中将lieutenant general (army)
- —中国将棋Chinese chess; xiangqi
- —海軍将官admiral; flag officer
- —将来有望of great promise; with a promising future
- —飛び将棋halma (board game)
- —情報将校intelligence officer
- —大局将棋Taikyoku shogi (variant of shogi)
- —平安将棋Heian shogi (precursor to modern shogi)
- —海軍中将vice-admiral
- —蘇民将来tower-shaped wooden talisman; apron-shaped straw deity to ward off disease
- —将来の夢dream for the future; hopes for the future
- —征東将軍commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the eastern barbarians (940-1335)
- —軍人将棋gunjin shogi (board game)
- —行軍将棋gunjin shogi (board game)
- —京都将棋Kyoto shogi (modern variant of shogi played on a 5x5 board)
- —高級将校high-ranking officer; the brass
- —大大将棋dai dai shogi (large Edo period 17x17 board shogi variant)
- —征夷大将軍commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE); shogun; great, unifying leader