Memory phrase for the character: 兵


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Meaning

soldier, troops, army

Pronunciation

HEI, HYŌ

Explanation

Top: hill 丘, bottom: eight 八 (Ping-pong is in Chinese: "Pīngpāng qiú 乒乓球", where the player stands alternately on different legs, just like a marching soldier.)

Mnemonic


 
At the hill are eight soldiers.

Radicals

hill
eight




 Vocabulary

兵隊 へいたい  soldier, sailor
兵役 へいえき  military service, conscription
兵士 へいし  soldier
兵糧 ひょうろう  (army) provisions, food
つわもの  soldier, warrior
兵器 へいき  arms, weapons, ordinance

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