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軍

army, force, troops, war, battle

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 4FrequencyTop 200Strokes9

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

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  • 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

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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.