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兵員 (heiin) Japanese meaning: military personnel | Kotomora
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The government is considering increasing troop strength.
About a thousand military personnel are stationed at that base.
Usage patterns 兵へい 員いん を 増ふ やす ／ 減へ らす to increase/decrease troop numbers
The government increased troop numbers in the border region.
兵へい 員いん を 派は 遣けん する to dispatch personnel/troops
The UN dispatched personnel for peacekeeping.
兵へい 員いん が 不ふ 足そく する to be short of personnel
There was a shortage of personnel at the front.
Kanji 兵 soldier, private, troops 員 employee, member, number Related words 兵力 covers overall military strength including equipment and capability, while 兵員 refers specifically to the number of personnel.
軍人 denotes an individual member of the armed forces, whereas 兵員 is a collective term counting troop numbers.
兵士 refers to a single soldier, while 兵員 treats soldiers as an aggregate figure or headcount.
Etymology Compound of 兵 (へい, 'soldier') and 員 (いん, 'member' or 'personnel'). The word is a straightforward Sino-Japanese term for military personnel or troop strength.
