兵
soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #396 U+5175
How 兵 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two hands 八 holding an axe 丘
How to remember it
troops · Heisig RSH #1078
丘 hill + animal legs
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 兵 as their sound component
These characters all use 兵 (bīng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兵 sound component | bīng | soldier; troops, an army; warlike |
| 浜 | bāng | creek, stream; beach, coast |
Words containing 兵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大头兵 | dà tóu bīng | low-ranking soldier; (by extension) low-level employee |
| 调兵山市 | Diào bīng shān Shì | Diaobingshan, a county-level city in Tieling City 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[Tie3 ling3 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 太公兵法 | Tài gōng Bīng fǎ | alternative name for 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China |
| 大兵 | dà bīng | soldier; large army; powerful army; (old) large-scale war |
| 用兵如神 | yòng bīng rú shén | to lead military operations with extraordinary skill |
| 水兵 | shuǐ bīng | enlisted sailor in navy |
| 天兵 | tiān bīng | celestial soldier; (old) imperial troops; (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit; (more general… |
| 兵马 | bīng mǎ | troops and horses; military forces |
| 兵家 | Bīng jiā | the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 … |
| 兵家 | bīng jiā | military strategist in ancient China; military commander; soldier |
| 调兵山 | Diào bīng shān | see 調兵山市|调兵山市[Diao4 bing1 shan1 Shi4] |
| 发兵 | fā bīng | to dispatch an army; to send troops |
| 兵法 | bīng fǎ | art of war; military strategy and tactics |
| 兵力 | bīng lì | military strength; armed forces; troops |
| 通信兵 | tōng xìn bīng | (military) signaller; signalman |
| 出兵 | chū bīng | to send troops |
| 养兵千日，用在一时 | yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī shí | see 養兵千日，用兵一時|养兵千日，用兵一时[yang3 bing1 qian1 ri4 , yong4 bing1 yi1 shi2] |
| 热兵器 | rè bīng qì | weapon using gunpowder or explosives (opposite: 冷兵器[leng3 bing1 qi4]) |
| 养兵千日，用兵一时 | yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng bīng yī shí | lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive prep… |
| 兵家常事 | bīng jiā cháng shì | commonplace in military operations (idiom) |