Kanji N2

軍: army, force, troops

軍 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning army, force, troops, written with 9 strokes. It is read グン (on) and いくさ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 軍 (ぐん, army) and 軍隊 (ぐんたい, armed forces).

軍

Meanings

  • army
  • force
  • troops
  • war
  • battle
Strokes9
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#189 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • グン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • いくさ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 軍

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 軍ぐん

    army; armed forces; troops

    JLPT N3
  • 軍隊ぐんたい

    armed forces; military; troops

    JLPT N3
  • 軍事ぐんじ

    military affairs

    JLPT N1
  • 軍備ぐんび

    armaments; military preparations

    JLPT N1
  • 軍服ぐんぷく

    military uniform

    JLPT N1
  • 軍艦ぐんかん

    warship; battleship

    JLPT N1
  • 海軍かいぐん

    navy; naval force

  • 空軍くうぐん

    air force

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.