军

軍
jūn
noun #2,731

Measure Word

一支军 zhī

Meanings

  1. 1 army; military
  2. 2 troops

Examples

HSK 4
Jūnrén hěn yǒnggǎn.
Soldiers are brave.
HSK 6
Cānjūn qù le.
Went to join the army.

Tips

usage
军人 = soldier, 军队 = army/troops, 冠军 = champion.

Components

radical
车 chē
cart; chariot
Bottom 车 is the chariot - the simplified silhouette of 車 (cart from above). The full character pictures a military encampment: tents pitched over the chariot park. From that came 'army, troops, military'. Same bottom in 库 (storehouse), 转 (turn) - chars built on the cart base.
semantic
冖 mì
cover; canopy
Top 冖 is the cover radical, depicting a cloth or canopy stretched flat. In 军 it stands in for the chariot-canopy of an army on the move - historically the char was 冖 (canopy) over 車 (chariot), picturing chariots gathered under field tents. Indexing radical for filing purposes.

Stroke Order

军 jūn