Japanese symbol for “crusades”

十字軍

じゅうじぐん

Romaji: juujigun

Crusades; Crusaders

In Japanese, crusades is 十字軍, read じゅうじぐん (juujigun).

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Meanings

n Crusades; Crusaders

Kanji and stroke order

十

ten

on: ジュウ、ジッ、ジュッ
kun: とお、と、そ

2 strokes · JLPT 4

字

character, letter, word

on: ジ
kun: あざ、あざな、-な

6 strokes · JLPT 3

軍

army, force, troops

on: グン
kun: いくさ

9 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
不十分	ふじゅうぶん fujuubun	insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
十字架	じゅうじか juujika	cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
十字	じゅうじ juuji	cross; cross shape
五十音	ごじゅうおん gojuuon	the Japanese syllabary
十字路	じゅうじろ juujiro	crossroads; intersection
十八番	おはこ ohako	one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; one's forte
文字	もじ moji	letter (of an alphabet); character
数字	すうじ suuji	numeral; digit; numeric character
軍事	ぐんじ gunji	military affairs

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.