軍 meaning and stroke order
Army, military; soldiers, troops
How to write 軍, stroke by stroke
9 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 軍
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (bound form) army
- military
How 軍 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. Soldiers 冖 (distorted 力) in a cart 車.
Radical: 車 (cart), shared by 49 characters on this site.
How to remember 軍
Picture a cover 冖 stretched over a war cart 車 (chē). The etymology hint says the top was once a distorted 力 (strength), so think of soldiers and their chariot together forming an army.
軍 is the traditional form of 军 and rarely stands alone. It appears as a bound form in words about the military and also in sports rankings. Example: 他是軍人。(Tā shì jūnrén.) He is a soldier.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 軍 with 車 (chē, vehicle) or with 運 (yùn, to transport), which contains 軍 inside it. Also remember the tone is first tone jūn, not fourth tone like 俊 (jùn).
Common words with 軍
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 冠軍 | guànjūn | champion | HSK 5 |
| 軍人 | jūnrén | serviceman; soldier | HSK 5 |
| 亞軍 | yàjūn | second place (in a sports contest); runner-up | HSK 5 |
| 將軍 | jiāngjūn | general; high-ranking military officer | HSK 6 |
| 軍隊 | jūnduì | armed forces; troops | HSK 6 |
| 海軍 | hǎijūn | navy | HSK 6 |
| 軍事 | jūnshì | military affairs; (attributive) military | HSK 6 |
| 空軍 | kōngjūn | air force; (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked | HSK 6 |
| 陸軍 | lùjūn | army; ground forces | HSK 6 |
| 軍艦 | jūnjiàn | warship; military naval vessel | HSK 6 |
| 軍官 | jūnguān | officer (military) | HSK 7-9 |
| 參軍 | cānjūn | to join the army; (official title in imperial China) military adviser; aide-de-camp | HSK 7-9 |
| 領軍 | lǐngjūn | to lead troups; (fig.) to lead | HSK 7-9 |
| 千軍萬馬 | qiānjūn-wànmǎ | magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; | HSK 7-9 |
Characters that contain 軍
Learning 軍 makes these easier to recognize and write.
Questions about 軍
How many strokes are in 軍?
軍 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 軍 mean?
軍 (jūn) means army, military; soldiers, troops. A common word with it is 冠军 (guànjūn), meaning "champion".
How do you pronounce 軍?
軍 is pronounced jūn, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 軍?
The radical of 軍 is 車, which carries the idea of "cart". Dictionaries list 軍 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 軍?
軍 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 军, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Why does 冠军 (guànjūn) mean champion if 军 means army?
In 冠军, 冠 means first or top, so the word originally meant the best of the army. Today it simply means the winner of a contest, and 亚军 (yàjūn) means runner-up.
What is the difference between 军队 (jūnduì) and 部队 (bùduì)?
军队 refers to the armed forces as a whole. 部队 usually refers to a specific unit or troops in a more concrete sense, though the two often overlap in everyday speech.