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Pronunciation: jiāng/jiàng
Meaning:
jiāng: indicating the future (will/be going to), indicating grammatical inversion of verb & object
jiàng: a high-ranking military leader, a general
Etymology:
Various theories:
1) With earlier meaning of "to nourish": Hand 寸 holding meat 肉 + 爿 (phonetic). (phono-semantic/associative compound).
2) Law 寸 + 酱 (phonetic, altered). (phono-semantic compound).
Standard simplification of the radical.

Traditional character: 將

Found in:
Cheng Hao's 春日偶成
Han Yu's 左迁至蓝关示侄孙湘
Li Bai's 赠汪伦

Word of the day on: 07.15.08

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