Jisho

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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

18 strokes
Radical:
rice
Parts:
Variants:
provisions, food, bread
Kun:
かて
On:
リョウロウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1354 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 糧 【カテ】 food, provisions, nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.), sustenance (e.g. of one's life), source of encouragement
  • 糧食 【リョウショク】 provisions
  • 衣糧 【イリョウ】 food and clothing
  • 口糧 【コウリョウ】 rations
  • 兵糧 【ヒョウロウ】 (army) provisions, food

Kun reading compounds

  • 糧 【かて】 food, provisions, nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.), sustenance (e.g. of one's life), source of encouragement
  • 日々の糧 【ひびのかて】 one's daily bread
  • 心の糧 【こころのかて】 food for thought

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liang2
Korean:
ryang

Spanish

  • comestibles
  • provisiones
  • alimento

Portuguese

  • provisões
  • comida
  • pão

French

  • provisions
  • vivres
  • nourriture
  • pain
1912 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1375 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3490 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1552 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1616 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1704 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1820 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1282 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1502 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1800 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
935 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27132 Morohashi
1421 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4426 New Nelson (John Haig)
926 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
995 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1900 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1072 2001 Kanji
6b12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-12 SKIP code
9691.4 Four corner code
1-46-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7ce7 Unicode hex code