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Kanji Detail for 軍 - "army, military, battle"

軍

  • Meaning

    軍 means "army, military, battle."

    1. Army - A military force.

    2. Military - Relating to armed forces.

    3. Battle - A combat; a war.

  • Words using 軍

    • 軍事 ぐんじ Listen military affairs
    • 海軍 かいぐん Listen navy; naval force
    • 軍縮 ぐんしゅく Listen reduction of armaments; disarmament
    • 従軍 じゅうぐん Listen military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
    • 空軍 くうぐん Listen air force
    • 軍人 ぐんじん Listen serviceman; servicewoman; soldier
    • 軍部 ぐんぶ Listen military authorities; army circles
    • 国軍 こくぐん Listen national armed forces

  • Four-character idioms with 軍

    • 孤軍奮闘 こぐんふんとう Listen fighting alone
    • 千軍万馬 せんぐんばんば Listen (having experienced) many battles
    • 懸軍万里 けんぐんばんり Listen military expedition deep into enemy territory

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    • Verified meaning: army, military, battle
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ぐん, くんじ, ぐんじ, じん)

    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 軍

    Surnames 軍(ぐん)Listen 軍(くんじ)Listen 軍(ぐんじ)Listen 軍(じん)Listen 軍(すすむ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    army; force; troops; war; battle

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    army, military; soldiers, troops

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) army; military

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    army, military; soldiers, troops

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

    Military forces. Such as 陸軍 (army), 海軍 (navy). In ancient times, the emperor had six armies. One army was twelve thousand five hundred men. Appears in "Commentary on the Rites of Zhou." In modern military organization, two divisions form one army. | The general term for military matters. Such as 從軍 (join the army), 行軍 (march). | Where troops are stationed is called 軍. Same as saying garrison. | In the past, exile punishment was called 軍. Such as 充軍 (exile to military service). Meaning being stationed in distant border areas.

  • Onyomi

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    gun(グン) グン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ikusa(いくさ) いくさ

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    車 (kuruma・kurumahen)

  • Related Keywords

    army military battle soldiers formation war troops combat command defense strategy rank regiment battalion deployment

Sentences including 軍

  • I went into the navy.

  • I went into the air force.

  • I went into the army.

  • My father was in the navy.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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