TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
將
ㄐㄧㄤ · jiāng/jiàng
adv — about to, going to; (jiàng) noun — a general
字源 FORM — what the parts do
爿形the left piece, a split plank stood on end — rendered bare
A hand (寸) takes up the meat (月) and carries it forward — to bring, to take in hand. The old graph carries two tellings of where the sound sits: 說文 reads it 从𢦏从寸, the left piece a semantic graph with no clean phonetic; the later eye reads that left piece as 爿, a sound-donor worn from qiáng toward jiāng. From taking-in-hand come both branches: jiāng, about-to (將要、將來), and jiàng, the one who takes command, a general (將軍). The 爿-topped family runs alongside: 獎、漿、醬.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻手（寸）托起一塊肉（月），正要端上去。
A hand (寸) lifts a cut of meat (月), about to carry it forward.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
jiāng
(本義)將要、將來— about to, going to常用
→將就— to make do — take it as it is
jiàng
(本義)將軍、大將— a general — the one in command常用
→將領— a commanding officer
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension