Kanji1 / 7
兵 kanji
soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ヘイヒョウ
Kun readings
つわもの
Words with 兵
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —兵農分離separation of farmers and samurai (system in effect from the Azuchi-Momoyama period until the Edo period)
- —民兵組織militia; paramilitary group
- —兵隊人形toy soldier; soldier figurine
- —対空兵器anti-aircraft weapon
- —徴兵逃れevading military service; draft dodging
- —兵役逃れevading military service; draft dodging; draft evasion
- —落下傘兵paratrooper; parachutist
- —琉球出兵Invasion of Ryukyu (1609)
- —反応兵器extremely powerful weapon (e.g. nuclear); reaction weapon
- —常備兵役active and (first) reserve duty
- —一等兵曹chief petty officer (IJN); petty officer first class (US Navy)
- —二等兵曹petty officer (IJN, RN); petty officer second class (USN)
- —三等兵曹petty officer third class (USN)
- —子ども兵child soldier
- —海上民兵naval militia; maritime militia
- —兵役義務compulsory military service
- —殺人兵器lethal weapon; deadly device
- —重装歩兵heavy infantry
- —音響兵器acoustic weapon; sonic weapon
- —科学兵器scientific weapon