将军

Traditional form:

將軍

Pinyin (reading):

jiāngjūn

Definitions:

• general
• high-ranking military officer
• to check or checkmate
• fig. to embarrass
• to challenge
• to put sb on the spot

Characters:

• 将 - the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general
• 军 - army, military; soldiers, troops

Traditional characters:

• 將 - the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general
• 軍 - army, military; soldiers, troops