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Chinese symbol for “checkmate”

将
jiāng
Traditional: 將
will; shall; to use; to take

The closest CC-CEDICT match for checkmate is 将 (jiāng), defined as: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

将 jiāng
the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general
radical 41 ⼨ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “checkmate”

WordPinyinMeaning
将死 (將死)jiāng sǐto checkmate (in chess); to be about to die
逼将 (逼將)bī jiāngto checkmate (in chess)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 将.

WordPinyinMeaning
即将 (即將)jí jiāngabout to; on the point of; soon
将军 (將軍)jiāng jūngeneral; high-ranking military officer
将会 (將會)jiāng huìauxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause)
将来 (將來)jiāng láiin the future; future
将领 (將領)jiàng lǐnghigh-ranking military officer
将近 (將近)jiāng jìnalmost; nearly

See also: Japanese symbol for “checkmate”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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