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兵 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「八」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「八」
On
ヘイ・ヒョウへい・ひょう · hei · hyō
Kun
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Meaning
soldier; military

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

An associative character showing 斤 (an axe/weapon) held by 廾 (two hands); represents a 'soldier'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヘイへいhei兵器へいき兵隊へいたい撤兵てっぺい
Onヒョウひょうhyō兵糧ひょうろう雑兵ぞうひょう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 兵士へいし

    soldier

  • 兵隊へいたい

    soldier; troops

More words with this kanji

  • 傭兵ようへい
  • 儀仗兵ぎじょうへい
  • 兵馬俑へいばよう
  • 弭兵びへい
  • 恤兵じゅっぺい
  • 兵燹へいせん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

昔(むかし)の兵(へい)の話(はなし)を聞(き)いた。

They heard a tale of the soldiers of old.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

兵士兵隊兵士samura…隊squad共togeth…典canon八eight六six公public票ballot標mark氷ice丙third…平flat
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 八Map of reading ヘイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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