Japanese symbol for “guerrillas”

不正規軍

ふせいきぐん

Romaji: fuseikigun

irregular forces; guerrillas

In Japanese, guerrillas is 不正規軍, read ふせいきぐん (fuseikigun).

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Meanings

n irregular forces; guerrillas

Kanji and stroke order

不

negative, non-, bad

on: フ、ブ

4 strokes · JLPT 3

正

correct, justice, righteous

on: セイ、ショウ
kun: ただ.しい、ただ.す、まさ、まさ.に

5 strokes · JLPT 3

規

standard, measure

on: キ

11 strokes · JLPT 2

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
不明	ふめい fumei	unclear; obscure; indistinct
不安	ふあん fuan	anxiety; uneasiness; worry
不足	ふそく fusoku	insufficiency; deficiency; shortage
不満	ふまん fuman	dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure
不可能	ふかのう fukanou	impossible
不思議	ふしぎ fushigi	wonderful; marvelous; strange
正直	しょうじき shoujiki	honest; frank; candid
修正	しゅうせい shuusei	amendment; correction; revision
規模	きぼ kibo	scale; scope; plan
軍事	ぐんじ gunji	military affairs

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