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Chinese symbol for “soldiers”

兵
bīng
soldiers; a force; an army; weapons

The closest CC-CEDICT match for soldiers is 兵 (bīng), defined as: soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

兵 bīng
soldier; troops, an army; warlike
radical 12 ⼋ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “soldiers”

WordPinyinMeaning
兵员 (兵員)bīng yuánsoldiers; troops
兵卒bīng zúsoldiers; troops

Related words

Other words that share a character with 兵.

WordPinyinMeaning
士兵shì bīngsoldier; 个 (gè)
步兵bù bīnginfantry; foot
民兵mín bīngpeople's militia; militia
兵团 (兵團)bīng tuánlarge military unit; formation
骑兵 (騎兵)qí bīngcavalry
兵力bīng lìmilitary strength; armed forces

See also: Japanese symbol for “soldiers”.

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.

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