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兵

JLPT N2 SL4 7 strokes Frequency: #522

Meanings

Soldier, Private, Troops, Army, Warfare, Strategy, Tactics

Radicals

八

Decomposition

⿱丘八

Etymology

Ideographic: Two hands 八 holding an axe 丘

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 7

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 vertical right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヒョウ hyou

ヘイ hei

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

つわもの tsuwamono

Words Using This Kanji

335 words total

Other (20 words)

weapons and armour

battle

ordinary soldier

naval militia

compulsory military service

military affairs

lethal weapon

light infantry

heavy infantry

healthy soldier

極超音速滑空兵器ごくちょうおんそくかっくうへいき

hypersonic glide vehicle

学徒兵がくとへい

student soldier (in WWII)

軍兵士ぐんへいし

army soldier

伝令兵でんれいへい

runner (soldier responsible for delivering messages)

acoustic weapon

feigned ignorance

feigned ignorance

Japanese soldier

maintenance engineer

country bumpkin

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