Mnemonic comic for 将
Translation
Mnemonic
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.
All translations for 将
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])
general / commander-in-chief (military) / king (chess piece) / to command / to lead
to desire / to invite / to request
(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
Comments
将 character breakdown
dusk / evening / Taiwan pr. [xi4]
a unit of length / inch / thumb
"piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4]