将要 (jiāng yào)
will; shall; to be going to
Character breakdown
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将 (jiāng) · 9 strokes
Simplified form of 將. Depicts a hand (寸) taking a piece of meat (肉). 爿 is a sound component.
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要 (yāo) · 9 strokes
Pictograph of two hands grabbing a woman's (女) waist. The current meaning "want" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning "waist" is now written as 腰.