Meaning & readings
leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about
Origin
This character most likely combines two pictographic elements. The left side derives from a picture of a person or figure, while the right side suggests movement or action. Together, these strokes represent someone leading or guiding others forward — the core meaning of a commander or general. Over time, the character's visual origins became more abstract through stylization, but the idea of a leader directing people remained central to its meaning. The secondary meanings of "and" or "again" appear to have developed from the sense of one thing following another, similar to how a general is followed by troops.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Pictographic or simple.
Components
This character is treated as a single, undivided shape (将).
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 10
- Kangxi radical
- 41
- Grade
- Grade 6 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #634 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+05C06