Chinese symbol for “warfare”
戎马
róng mǎ
Traditional: 戎馬
warhorse; armed forces; troops; (fig.) war; warfare
The closest CC-CEDICT match for warfare is 戎马 (róng mǎ), defined as: warhorse; armed forces; troops; (fig.) war; warfare.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 戎马.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兵戎相见 (兵戎相見) | bīng róng xiāng jiàn | to meet on the battlefield (idiom) |
| 戎装 (戎裝) | róng zhuāng | martial attire |
| 兵戎 | bīng róng | arms; weapons |
| 投笔从戎 (投筆從戎) | tóu bǐ cóng róng | to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom); to join the military (esp. of educated person) |
| 从戎 (從戎) | cóng róng | to enlist; to be in the army |
| 马上 (馬上) | mǎ shàng | at once; right away |
| 马克 (馬克) | mǎ kè | mark (monetary unit) |
| 马路 (馬路) | mǎ lù | street; road |
See also: Japanese symbol for “warfare”.
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.