將

will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])

将

將

jiàng = ji + ang4

general / commander-in-chief (military) / king (chess piece) / to command / to lead

将 = 丬 + 夕 + 寸 : The chess king (将) is commanding (将) his bats (夕) to attack Joan of Arc (ji) with sawdust (丬) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) to punish her for her sins. He gives the command by showing the thumbs up (寸) sign.

将

將

qia̅ng = qi + ang1

to desire / to invite / to request

将

將

jiàng = ji + ang4

(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)

將 character breakdown

將
- 寸
  - 一
  - 丶
  - 亅
- 月
  - 二
    - 一
  - ⺆
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
- 爿
  - 丆
    - 一
    - 丿
  - 丩
    - 丨

寸

cùn = cu + (e)n4

a unit of length / inch / thumb

寸 = 一 + 亅 + 丶 : Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".

月

yuè = yu + e4

moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

月 = ⺆ + 二 : Yu the Great (yu) is modelling a moon (月) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He uses a stapler (⺆) to staple a lot of capacitors (二) together to form a moon shape, while the real moon is sitting for him.

丬

爿

qiáng = qi + ang2

"piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4]

丬 = 丨 + 冫 : Just as she entered the anglepod, the Queen of Hearts craves for a popsicle. It seems like a miracle that just inside the anglepod's kitchen she finds a crate full of popsicles, which she cracks open using a dinosaur bone. Unfortunately, all the popsicles are contaminated with pieces of wood.

爿

pán = p + an2

classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect)

爿 = 丩 + 丆 : Mnemonic symbol: log of wood.

Just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2) Pinocchio (p) sees a pile of wood logs (爿) beneath a wind wheel (丆). Thinking that it was the wind wheel which chopped the wood, feeling personally threatened, he attacks the wind wheel with a roast fork (丩).

Characters with 將 as component

奖

獎

jiǎng = ji + ang3

prize / award / encouragement / CL:個|个[ge4]

奖 = 丬 + 夕 + 大 : Joan of Arc (ji) is exploring the inner chambers of the anglepod (ang3). At one point she has to choose between three gates, each hiding a reward (奖) for her struggle. Behind the first gate, a bat (夕) is waiting to fight her. Behind the second gate a pit full of wood chips (丬) is waiting for her to fall inside. Behind the third gate a robot is (大) waiting to serve her and guide her through the dungeon.

桨

槳

jiǎng = ji + ang3

oar / paddle

桨 = 丬 + 夕 + 木 : A group of bats (夕) throws pieces of wood (丬) at Joan of Arc's (ji) Christmas Tree (木) in the anglepod's living room (ang3), so Joan of Arc shoos them away with a big paddle (桨).

酱

醬

jiàng = ji + ang4

thick paste of fermented soybean / marinated in soy paste / paste / jam

酱 = 丬 + 夕 + 酉 : Joan of Arc (ji) spilled a bottle of soy sauce (酱) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). She quickly covers the mess with sawdust (丬), but there are already a few bats (夕) and roosters (酉) licking up the soy sauce.

浆

漿

jiàng = ji + ang4

starch paste

浆

漿

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

broth / serum / to starch

蒋

蔣

jiǎng = ji + ang3

surname Jiang / refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石

蒋 = 艹 + 将 : Chiang Kai-shek (蒋) is battling Joan of Arc (ji) in the anglepod (ang3). They are playing a life-sized game of chess and have the board laid out using sheets of artificial lawn (艹). Chiang Kai-shek is riding on his king (将) while Joan of Arc is riding on her queen while the figures are moving over the battlefield.

奬

jiǎng = ji + ang3

variant of 獎|奖[jiang3]

锵

鏘

qia̅ng = qi + ang1

tinkling of small bells

螀

螿

jia̅ng = ji + ang1

cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)

蹡