Memory phrase for the character: 将

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jiāng, jiàng

Left: bed 丬 (pictograph of a tree cut into half, cf. 片), right: hand reaching down 爫, skillful hand 寸

A simple bed, a hand reaching down and a skillful hand: This is what makes a commander.

将	commander
丬	bed	Simplification of fragment: 爿 which shows a tree split lengthwise. (片 is the other half) - Not at least because of its use with these characters 寐,寝 for 'sleep', it got the meaning of "bed".
爫	reaching downwards	Shows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth.
寸	skillful hand	Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".

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将来	jiāng lái	in the future; future; the future
将要	jiāng yào	will; shall; be going to
将军	jiāng jūn	general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot; Chiangchun township in Tainan county
即将	jí jiāng	on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of
必将	bì jiāng	inevitably
将近	jiāng jìn	almost; nearly; close to
将领	jiàng lǐng	high-ranking military officer
慷慨输将	kāng kǎi shū jiāng	to donate generously (idiom)
慷慨输将	kāng kǎi shū jiāng

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