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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)

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将軍

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Shogun

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Etymology

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

From Middle Chinese Category:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese#しょうくん' compound 將軍 (MC tsjang kjun). Compare modern Hokkien 將軍 / 将军 (chiong-kun / chiang-kun), Eastern Min 將軍 / 将军 (ciŏng-gŭng)Category:Eastern Min terms with redundant transliterations#将軍.

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”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーぐん [shòógúń] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɡɯ̟̃ɴ]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#しょうくん'
Audio: (file)
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Noun

将(しょう)軍(ぐん) • (shōgunCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#将軍 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#将軍) ^{←しやうぐん (syaugun)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#将軍^?}Category:Japanese lemmas#しょうくん'Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#しょうくん'Category:Japanese nouns#しょうくん'Category:Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji#しょうくん'Category:Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji#しょうくん'Category:Japanese terms with 2 kanji#しょうくん'Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#しょうくん'Category:Pages with entries#将軍 Category:Pages with 1 entry#将軍

(military Category:ja:Military#しょうくん') a commander of troops, especially of an expeditionary or frontline force
(military Category:ja:Military#しょうくん') synonym of 将官 (shōkan): a general officer
(military Category:ja:Military#しょうくん', historical Category:Japanese terms with historical senses#しょうくん') 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).

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
→ Portuguese: xogum

References

↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#将軍 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#将軍 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#将軍 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#将軍 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“将軍”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

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[1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#将軍 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#将軍 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#将軍 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#将軍 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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