兵 : Soldier

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Components:

丘八

soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics

On 'yomi:

ヘイ(hei) ヒョウ(hyou)

Kun 'yomi:

つわもの(tsuwamono)

Nanori:

へ(he)

Strokes:	7
Radical:	八 (12)
Usage Rating:	522

JLPT:	N2
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	4

Unicode:	05175
jis208:	42-28

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兵 Usage examples

紅衛兵(こうえいへい)	(Chinese) Red Guards
老兵(ろうへい)	old soldier
白兵戦(はくへいせん)	hand-to-hand combat
短兵急(たんぺいきゅう)	impetuousness
鋭兵(えいへい)	picked troops
閲兵台(えっぺいだい)	reviewing stand
白兵(はくへい)	unsheathed sword
富国強兵策(ふこくきょうへいさく)	policy of increasing national prosperity and military power
兵を挙げる(へいをあげる)	to raise an army
兵を向ける(へいをむける)	to send an army, to send soldiers, to dispatch troops
陸兵(りくへい)	land troops
歩兵(ふひょう)	pawn
憲兵隊(けんぺいたい)	regiment of military policemen
散兵線(さんぺいせん)	front line of (trenches for) deployed soldiers
戦車兵(せんしゃへい)	tankman
通常兵器(つうじょうへいき)	conventional weapon
特殊兵器(とくしゅへいき)	special weapon
秘密兵器(ひみつへいき)	secret weapon
敵兵(てきへい)	enemy (soldier)
弥次郎兵衛(やじろべえ)	balancing toy
レーザー兵器(レーザーへいき)	high energy laser weapon
海兵遠征軍(かいへいえんせいいくさ)	Marine Expeditionary Force (US)
核兵器保有量(かくへいきほゆうりょう)	nuclear arsenal
兵站支援(へいたんしえん)	logistical support
歩兵師団(ふひょうしだん)	Infantry Division
田舎っ兵衛(いなかっぺ) 田舎兵衛(いなかっぺ)	hick, country bumpkin, yokel
米兵(べいへい)	American military (force)
軽竜騏兵(けいりゅうきへい)	(Royal) light cavalry
甚兵衛(じんべえ)	informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)
大兵肥満(たいひょうひまん)	big portly man
兵隊勘定(へいたいかんじょう)	Dutch treat, going Dutch
驕兵必敗(きょうへいひっぱい)	Defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army, Being arrogant and overconfident inevitably leads to defeat (failure), Pride comes before a fall
兵法指南(へいほうしなん)	instruction in martial arts
兵(へい)	warfare, strategy
国境警備兵(こっきょうけいびへい)	border guard
残兵(ざんぺい)	remnants of a defeated army
警備兵(けいびへい)	guard (soldier)
負傷兵(ふしょうへい)	injured soldier
白兵主義(はくへいしゅぎ)	strategy of close-quarters fighting
三韓出兵(さんかんしゅっぺい)	legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century
朝鮮出兵(ちょうせんしゅっぺい)	Imjin War (1592 - 1597)
儀杖兵(ぎじょうへい)	guard of honour
核兵器国(かくへいきこく)	nuclear-weapon state
非核兵器国(ひかくへいきこく)	non-nuclear-weapon state
甚兵衛鮫(ジンベエザメ)	whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
黒人兵(こくじんへい)	black (i.e. African-American) soldier, buffalo soldier
孫子の兵法(そんしのへいほう)	The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BCE)