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Kanji Detail for 陣 - "formation"

陣

  • Meaning

    陣 means "formation." Also associated with a spell, momentum.

    1. Formation - Battle arrangement; troop deployment.

    2. Battle - Combat; warfare.

    3. A spell - A period of temporary intensity.

  • Words using 陣

    • 陣営 じんえい Listen camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp
    • 報道陣 ほうどうじん Listen press corps
    • 退陣 たいじん Listen resignation; stepping down; retirement
    • 布陣 ふじん Listen battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
    • 初陣 ういじん Listen one's first campaign; one's first battle
    • 出陣 しゅつじん Listen going into battle; departure for the front; appearing (in a match)
    • 陣地 じんち Listen encampment; position; side
    • 陣頭 じんとう Listen head of an army

  • Four-character idioms with 陣

    • 陣頭指揮 じんとうしき Listen taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group

  • Tattoo check: 陣

    • Verified meaning: formation
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じん, じんさき, じんじ, のぶ)
    • Also carries these associations: a spell, momentum

    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 陣

    Given names 陣(じん)Listen 陣(のぶる)Listen

    Surnames 陣(じんさき)Listen 陣(じんじ)Listen 陣(のぶ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    camp; battle array; ranks; position; sudden; brief time

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    column, row or file of troops

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    row, column; ranks, troop formation

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

    A formation. Refers to the arrangement of military ranks and files. Therefore the deployment of troops is called 陣勢 (battle formation). The momentum of brush strokes is also called 筆陣 (brush formation). When something with force comes continuously, one arrival is called 一陣 (a bout). As in strong winds and sudden rain and the like.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    jin(ジン) ジン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    阜 阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)

  • Related Keywords

    formation a spell momentum battle formation camp encampment position array barracks front garrison lineup ranks squad station troops deployment

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