Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
recruit, campaign, gather (contributions), enlist, grow violent
Kun:
つの.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
809 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 募集 【ボシュウ】 recruitment, invitation, selection, advertisement, taking applications, raising (funds, donations, etc.), collection, subscription, solicitation, flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
  • 募金 【ボキン】 fund-raising, collection of funds
  • 公募 【コウボ】 public appeal (e.g. for contributions), public advertisement (of a post), open recruitment, public offering (of securities)
  • 急募 【キュウボ】 hurried recruitment, urgent recruitment

Kun reading compounds

  • 募る 【つのる】 to become stronger, to grow in intensity, to grow violent, to become worse, to invite contributions, etc., to solicit help, participation, etc., to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • reclutar
  • requerir
  • recolectar

Portuguese

  • recrutar
  • campanha
  • juntar (contribuições)
  • alistar
  • ficar violento

French

  • recruter
  • mener une campagne
  • appel (contributions)
  • enrôler
  • devenir violent
1787 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
710 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3996 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1275 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
374 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1718 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1430 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1519 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1155 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
225 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2901 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1492 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2013 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
869 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2416X Morohashi
2316 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
551 New Nelson (John Haig)
861 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
925 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1507 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1945 2001 Kanji
3k9.23 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
2-10-2 SKIP code
2-7-5 SKIP code
4442.7 Four corner code
1-42-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52df Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
eight
Parts:
soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
522 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 兵 【ヘイ】 (common) soldier, rank and file, army, troops, warfare, strategy
  • 兵員 【ヘイイン】 military strength, military personnel
  • 伏兵 【フクヘイ】 ambush, troops in ambush, unexpected opposition, unexpected obstacle
  • 工兵 【コウヘイ】 combat engineer, military engineer, combat engineering, military engineering
  • 兵 【ヒョウ】 pawn
  • 兵法 【ヘイホウ】 art of war, strategy, tactics
  • 小兵 【コヒョウ】 small build, small stature
  • 大兵 【ダイヒョウ】 great stature, large build

Kun reading compounds

  • 兵 【つわもの】 soldier, warrior, person of courage, strong person, very capable person, master (in a field)
  • 古強者 【ふるつわもの】 feudal warrior, samurai, old soldier, veteran, old hand

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bing1
Korean:
byeong

Spanish

  • soldado
  • marinero
  • tropa

Portuguese

  • soldado
  • particular
  • tropas
  • exército
  • guerra
  • estratégia
  • tática

French

  • soldat
  • simple soldat
  • troupes
  • armée
  • guerre
  • stratégie
  • tactique
712 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
606 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
578 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
447 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
201 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
396 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
343 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
499 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
784 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
798 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
994 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
155 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3158 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1621 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2207 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1343 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1462 Morohashi
2551 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
374 New Nelson (John Haig)
1331 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1429 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
243 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
489 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2661 2001 Kanji
2o5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
7280.1 Four corner code
1-42-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5175 Unicode hex code