Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info:
冖 (わかんむり) – wa-shaped crown
車 (くるま) – car

Henshall Mnemonic: covered wagons encircle army camp

Levels: JLPT N2 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #189 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N3 Words

• 軍隊   [ぐんたい]
  (n) army; troops   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍   [ぐん]
  (n,n-suf) army; force; troops   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 軍艦   [ぐんかん]
  (n) warship; battleship   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍事   [ぐんじ]
  (n) military affairs   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍備   [ぐんび]
  (n) armaments; military preparations   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍服   [ぐんぷく]
  (n) military or naval uniform   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 援軍   [えんぐん]
  (n) reinforcement   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 海軍   [かいぐん]
  (n) navy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 陸軍   [りくぐん]
  (n) army   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍機   [ぐんき]
  (n) military secret   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 空軍   [くうぐん]
  (n) Air Force   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍港   [ぐんこう]
  (n) naval port; naval station   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍国主義   [ぐんこくしゅぎ]
  militarism   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 従軍   [じゅうぐん]
  (n) campaign   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 二軍   [にぐん]
  (n) second string players (sports)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 将軍   [しょうぐん]
  (n) general; shogun   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍需   [ぐんじゅ]
  (n) munitions; military stores   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 赤軍   [せきぐん]
  (n) Red Army   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍縮   [ぐんしゅく]
  (n) disarmament; limitation of arms   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍人   [ぐんじん]
  (n) military personnel; soldier   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍政   [ぐんせい]
  (n) military government   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 救世軍   [きゅうせいぐん]
  (n) Salvation Army   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍属   [ぐんぞく]
  (n) civilian in military employ   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍団   [ぐんだん]
  (n) army corps   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍配   [ぐんばい]
  (n) stratagem; tactics; (ancient) military leader's fan; wrestling umpire's fan   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍部   [ぐんぶ]
  (n) military authorities; army circles   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍兵   [ぐんびょう]
  (n) armed forces; battle troops   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 国軍   [こくぐん]
  (n) national armed forces   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍用   [ぐんよう]
  (adj-no,n) for military use   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 両軍   [りょうぐん]
  (n) both armies; both teams   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 一軍   [いちぐん]
  (n) an army; the whole army; first string players (sports)   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 軍 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.