陣
camp, battle array, ranks, position, sudden, brief time
Readings
On'yomi
- ジン
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
陣 centers on an organized arrangement of people or things in a fixed place: a military camp or battle formation, and by extension any positioned group or a sudden, brief period when something is arrayed.
Most common words using 陣
20 of 112- 陣じん
battle formation
- 陣営じんえい
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party)
- 出陣しゅつじん
going into battle; departure for the front
- 報道陣ほうどうじん
press corps
- 退陣たいじん
resignation; stepping down; retirement
- 殺陣たて
sword fight (in a film, play, etc.); stage combat; fight scene
- 布陣ふじん
battle formation
- 陣地じんち
encampment; position
- 陣形じんけい
battle formation; military formation
- 陣痛じんつう
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
- 敵陣てきじん
enemy camp; enemy line
- 初陣ういじん
one's first campaign; one's first battle
- 陣内じんない
inside the encampment; within the camp
- 陣取るじんどる
to encamp; to take up positions
- 先陣せんじん
vanguard; advance guard
- 自陣じじん
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
- 本陣ほんじん
troop headquarters; stronghold
- 円陣えんじん
(forming a) circle; huddle
- 陣取りじんとり
children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base
- 方陣ほうじん
square formation (of troops)
Study
Etymology
陣 combines ⻖ (mound, hill) with 車 (vehicle, chariot), suggesting chariots arranged on a hill or earthen fortification to form a battle camp or formation.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side ⻖ looks like a hill or earthen wall, and the right side 車 is a vehicle. Picture chariots lined up on a hill to form a battle camp: that's 陣.
Reading mnemonic
For ジン, imagine a genie (ジン) appearing from a lamp and instantly arranging a battle camp on the hill: genie -> ジン.