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将来

jiānglái

future

A child looking toward a doorway
Memory picture

Characters in this word

将 jiāng

Strokes
9
Radical
丬 — half of tree trunk
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

来 lái

Strokes
7
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
未 not yet 丷 horns
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 将来我当老师。 Jiānglái wǒ dāng lǎoshī. In the future, I am a teacher.
  • 将来会更好。 Jiānglái huì gèng hǎo. The future will be better.
  • 我想看将来。 Wǒ xiǎng kàn jiānglái. I want to see the future.

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