Kanji N2

将: leader, commander, general

将 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning leader, commander, general, written with 10 strokes. It is read ショウ, ソウ (on) and まさに, はた, まさ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 将来 (しょうらい, future) and 将棋 (しょうぎ, shogi).

将

Meanings

  • leader
  • commander
  • general
  • admiral
  • or
  • and again
  • soon
  • from now on
  • just about
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#634 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ショウ
  • ソウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • まさに
  • はた
  • まさ
  • ひきいる
  • もって

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 10. Start at the dot.

Common words with 将

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 将来しょうらい

    future; (future) prospects

    JLPT N4
  • 将棋しょうぎ

    shogi; Japanese chess

    JLPT N2
  • 将しょう

    commander; general; leader

  • 主将しゅしょう

    commander-in-chief; supreme commander

  • 将軍しょうぐん

    general

  • 王将おうしょう

    (senior player's) king

  • 将校しょうこう

    commissioned officer; military officer

  • 大将たいしょう

    general; admiral

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.