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Kanji Detail for 兵 - "soldier, weapon, war"

兵

  • Meaning

    兵 means "soldier, weapon, war."

    1. Soldier - A military person.

    2. Weapon - An instrument of war.

    3. War - Military conflict.

  • Words using 兵

    • 核兵器 かくへいき Listen nuclear weapon
    • 兵器 へいき Listen arms; weapon; ordnance
    • 兵士 へいし Listen soldier
    • 化学兵器 かがくへいき Listen chemical weapon
    • 派兵 はへい Listen dispatch of troops
    • 兵力 へいりょく Listen military force; force of arms; strength of an army
    • 民兵 みんぺい Listen militia; militiaman
    • 軍兵 ぐんぴょう Listen armed forces; battle troops

  • Four-character idioms with 兵

    • 富国強兵 ふこくきょうへい Listen enrich the country, strengthen the army
    • 兵隊勘定 へいたいかんじょう Listen Dutch treat; going Dutch
    • 大兵肥満 だいひょうひまん Listen big portly man
    • 驕兵必敗 きょうへいひっぱい Listen defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army; being arrogant and overconfident inevitably leads to defeat; pride comes before a fall

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    • Verified meaning: soldier, weapon, war
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たかみ, ひょう, ひよう, ふくじ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 兵

    Surnames 兵(たかみ)Listen 兵(ひょう)Listen 兵(ひよう)Listen 兵(ふくじ)Listen 兵(ふくじゅ)Listen 兵(ふくて)Listen 兵(ふくみ)Listen 兵(ふくむろ)Listen 兵(ふくわか)Listen 兵(へい)Listen 兵(みねとし)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    soldier; private; troops; army; warfare; strategy; tactics

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    soldier, troops

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    soldier; troops, an army; warlike

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Weapons. Bows, arrows, spears, halberds, and such are all called 兵. Such as the ancient 兵庫 (armory), 兵車 (war chariot), meaning places that store and transport these. | Those who carry weapons and serve in the military are called 兵. Under the old system, the ministry managing soldiers was 兵部.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hei(ヘイ) ヘイ

    hyoh(ヒョウ) ヒョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsuwamono(つわもの) つわもの

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    八 (hachi・hachigashira・ha)

  • Related Keywords

    soldier weapon war arms combat warrior military army conflict defense fight force guard infantry martial officer rank recruit strategy tactics troop veteran

Sentences including 兵

  • Soldiers are used to danger.

  • The soldier gave water to me.

  • He is just a mr nobody.

  • A lot of soldiers were killed here.

  • I go to hyogo university.

  • The soldier gave his name.

  • I have got into hyogo university.

  • I am a hyogo university student.

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