軍
army, force, troops, war, battle
Readings
On'yomi
- グン
Kun'yomi
- いくさ
Meaning
軍 centers on organized military force: an army, troops, or the collective effort of war and battle.
Most common words using 軍
24 of 514- 軍ぐんN3
army; armed forces; troops
- 将軍しょうぐんN1
general
- 軍事ぐんじN1
military affairs
- 軍隊ぐんたいN3
armed forces; military; troops
- 軍人ぐんじんN1
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
- 海軍かいぐんN1
navy; naval force
- 軍団ぐんだん
army corps; corps
- 陸軍りくぐんN1
army
- 空軍くうぐんN1
air force
- 軍艦ぐんかんN1
warship; battleship
- 援軍えんぐん
reinforcement
- 従軍じゅうぐん
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
- 軍服ぐんぷくN1
military uniform
- 軍用ぐんよう
for military use
- 軍部ぐんぶ
military authorities; army circles
- 一軍いちぐん
an army
- 軍備ぐんびN1
armaments; military preparations
- 軍需ぐんじゅ
munitions; military stores
- 赤軍せきぐん
Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946); Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
- 国軍こくぐん
national armed forces
- 軍医ぐんい
military physician or surgeon
- 軍配ぐんばい
gourd-shaped war fan
- 軍機ぐんき
military secret; classified military material
- 軍属ぐんぞく
civilian in military employ
Study
Etymology
軍 combines 冖 (cover) and 車 (chariot), originally depicting a covered war chariot, which came to represent the army or military force.
Meaning mnemonic
A covered 冖 war chariot 車 is the core of an ancient army. Picture rows of covered chariots rolling into battle.
Reading mnemonic
For グン, imagine a gun being fired from a covered chariot: gun -> グン, and the chariot is part of the army.