将軍

See also: 將軍 and 将军

Japanese

Kanji in this term
将	軍
しょう Grade: 6	ぐん Grade: 4
kan’on	kan’yōon

Alternative spelling
將軍 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/sʲaːᵑ kun/ → /ɕauɡun/ → /ɕɔːɡun/ → /ɕoːɡun/

From Middle Chinese compound 將軍 (MC tsjang kjun). Compare modern Min Nan 將軍／将军 (chiong-kun), Eastern Min 將軍／将军 (ciŏng-gŭng).

The “shogun” sense is originally short for 征夷大将軍 (seii taishōgun, literally “commander in chief of the expeditionary force to expel barbarians”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょーぐん [shòógúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɡɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

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Noun

将(しょう)軍(ぐん) • (shōgun) ^{←しやうぐん (syaugun)?}

1. (military) a commander of troops, especially of an expeditionary or frontline force
   1. (Kawanakajima shogi) A piece in Kawanakajima shōgi
2. (military) Synonym of 将官 (shōkan): a general officer
3. (military, historical) a shogun, supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan

Usage notes

In the modern military system, shōgun refers to any military officers who have the ranks ending in 将 (-shō), for example: 大将 (taishō), 中将 (chūjō), 少将 (shōshō), and 准将 (junshō).

Coordinate terms

Kawanakajima Shogi pieces (川中島将棋の駒)
Pieces	将軍	近衛	士官	軍曹	騎兵	砲兵	歩兵
Abbr.*	将	近	士	軍	騎	砲	歩
*The abbreviations are only used as a typographical convention. They are pronounced the same as their full names.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 将(しょう)軍(ぐん)帯(おび) (shōgun obi)
• 将(しょう)軍(ぐん)後(こう)見(けん)職(しょく) (shōgun kōkenshoku)
• 将(しょう)軍(ぐん)職(しょく) (shōgunshoku)
• 将(しょう)軍(ぐん)宣(せん)下(げ) (shōgun senge)
• 将(しょう)軍(ぐん)塚(づか) (Shōgunzuka)
• 旭(あさひ)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (Asahi Shōgun)
• 尼(あま)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (amashōgun)
• 右(う)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (ushōgun)
• 凱(がい)旋(せん)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (gaisen shōgun)
• 竈(かまど)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (kamado shōgun)
• 関(かん)東(とう)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (Kantō shōgun)
• 金(きん)吾(ご)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (kingo shōgun)
• 下(げ)馬(ば)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (Geba Shōgun)
• 皇(こう)族(ぞく)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (kōzoku shōgun)
• 米(こめ)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (Komeshōgun)
• 左(さ)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (sashōgun)
• 持(じ)節(せつ)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (jisetsu shōgun)
• 四(し)道(どう)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (shidō shōgun)
• 上(じょう)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (jōshōgun)
• 親(しん)王(のう)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (shinnō shōgun)
• 征(せい)夷(い)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (seī shōgun)
• 征(せい)西(せい)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (seisei shōgun)
• 征(せい)東(とう)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (seitō shōgun)
• 摂(せっ)家(け)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (sekke shōgun)
• 大(たい)樹(じゅ)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (taiju shōgun)
• 大(たい)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (taishōgun)
• 鎮(ちん)守(じゅ)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (chinju shōgun)
• 鎮(ちん)守(じゅ)府(ふ)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (chinjufu shōgun)
• 鎮(ちん)西(ぜい)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (chinzei shōgun)
• 鎮(ちん)東(とう)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (chintō shōgun)
• 飛(ひ)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (hishōgun)
• 副(ふく)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (fukushōgun)
• 宮(みや)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (miyashōgun)
• 闇(やみ)将(しょう)軍(ぐん) (yamishōgun)

Descendants

• → Danish: shogun c
• → English: shogun
• → French: shogun m
• → Indonesian: syogun
• → Italian: shogun m
• → Polish: siogun m, szogun, shogun
• → Portuguese: xogum

See also

• 幕(ばく)府(ふ) (bakufu, “shogunate”)