Japanese symbol for “grenadier”
擲弾兵
てきだんへい
Romaji: tekidanhei
grenadier; grenade thrower
In Japanese, grenadier is 擲弾兵, read てきだんへい (tekidanhei).
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Meanings
- n grenadier; grenade thrower
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 投擲 | とうてき touteki | throw; throwing |
| 擲弾 | てきだん tekidan | grenade |
| 乾坤一擲 | けんこんいってき kenkon'itteki | stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task |
| 擲弾筒 | てきだんとう tekidantou | grenade launcher |
| 放擲 | ほうてき houteki | abandoning; giving up; quitting |
| 打擲 | ちょうちゃく chouchaku | thrashing; beating |
| 爆弾 | ばくだん bakudan | bomb |
| 弾圧 | だんあつ dan'atsu | oppression; suppression; pressure |
| 兵器 | へいき heiki | arms; weapon; ordnance |
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.