Chinese symbol for “army”
军
jūn
Traditional: 軍
(bound form) army; military
The closest CC-CEDICT match for army is 军 (jūn), defined as: (bound form) army; military.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “army”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 部队 (部隊) | bù duì | army; armed forces |
| 陆军 (陸軍) | lù jūn | army; ground forces |
| 大军 (大軍) | dà jūn | army; main forces |
| 队伍 (隊伍) | duì wǔ | troops; army; ranks; contingent; force; staff; team |
| 军旅 (軍旅) | jūn lǚ | army |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 军.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 军队 (軍隊) | jūn duì | armed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī) |
| 军事 (軍事) | jūn shì | military affairs; (attributive) military |
| 冠军 (冠軍) | guàn jūn | champion |
| 将军 (將軍) | jiāng jūn | general; high-ranking military officer |
| 海军 (海軍) | hǎi jūn | navy |
| 军人 (軍人) | jūn rén | serviceman; soldier |
See also: Japanese symbol for “army”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.