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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 (15 words)

巨神兵きょしんへい

God Warrior (fictional beings in Hayao Miyazaki's manga Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)

兵庫県立大学ひょうごけんりつだいがく

University of Hyogo

兵庫医療大学ひょうごいりょうだいがく

Hyogo University of Health Sciences

海兵遠征軍かいへいえんせいぐん

Marine Expeditionary Force (US)

アメリカ海兵隊アメリカかいへいたい

United States Marine Corps

孫子の兵法そんしのへいほう

The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu; c. 5th century BCE)

どん兵衛どんべえ

Donbei (Nissin cup noodles)

兵庫県警ひょうごけんけい

Hyogo Prefectural Police (abbr)

Swiss Guard

Marines' Hymn

guerrilla

private first class

parade

guard

reinforcements

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