Character data
Character data
| HSK | 4 |
| Frequency | 132nd character |
| Radical | ⽙ (90.6) |
| Strokes | 9 |
| Index # | 1617 |
| TRADITIONAL | 將 |
Definitions
| 将 jiāng |
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| 将 jiàng |
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| 将 qiāng |
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Stroke order
Words containing 将
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may (in the future); will perhaps
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to play mahjong
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the enemy general
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Yang family generals; classic Song war tale
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TW (sports) foreign player; import
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to spur sb into action by making negative remarks
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no trumps (in card games)
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fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)
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weak underlings; shrimp and crab troops
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to run short (idiom)
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to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave
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approaching the end; about to conclude
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lit. to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general
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strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
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strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
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to checkmate (in chess)
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driver (of a taxi etc) (loanword from Japanese) (Tw)
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lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom)
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surrendered enemy general
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nickname of Han dynasty general Li Guang 李广lǐ guǎng
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valiant general
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mahjong tile
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