軍 (Kangxi radical 159,車+2, 9 strokes,cangjie input月十田十 (BJWJ),four-corner3750₆,composition⿱冖車)

• 㑮,喗,堚,媈,㡓,惲,揮,渾,暉,楎,煇,㹆,琿,禈,腪,皹,睴,褌,緷,輝,諢,䝍,賱,䡣,鍕,䩵,韗,餫,䮝,鯶,鼲,齳
• 運,鄆,皸,顐,鶤,㟦,葷,暈,翬,瘒,㫎

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 1239, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38179
• Dae Jaweon: page 1713, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3513, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8ECD

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• 軍 /军(Cantonese)
• 軍 /军(Chinese)

Historical forms of the character軍
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic車 (“chariot”) + phonetic勹. The phonetic component here is not勹 (OC*pruː), but the original form of螾 (OC*lin, *linʔ), which also acts as the phonetic component of旬 (OC*sɢʷin),勻 (OC*ɢʷin) and云 (OC*ɢun).

TheShuowen Jiezi interprets it as ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 車(“cart; chariot”) + 勹(“to surround”).

Etymology not clear. Perhaps cognate withTibetanགཡུལ(g.yul,“army; battle”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Alternatively, it is a derivation from運 (OC*ɢuns, “to move”), or related to群 (OC*ɡlun).

軍

1. armed forces;army;troops

   美軍／美军  ― měijūn  ―  United States Armed Forces

   參軍／参军  ― cānjūn  ―  to join the army

   海軍／海军  ― hǎijūn  ―  navy

   • 全軍為上，破軍次之[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     全军为上，破军次之[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:The Art of War, circa 5^th centuryBCE

     quánjūn wéi shàng, pòjūn cì zhī[Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. corps;army (consisting of two or moredivisions)(Classifier:個／个)

   關東軍／关东军  ― guāndōngjūn  ―  Kwantung Army

   Synonym:軍團 /军团(jūntuán)

3. soldiers

   • 軍皆殊死戰，不可敗。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     军皆殊死战，不可败。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From: TheRecords of the Grand Historian, bySima Qian,c. 91BCE

     Jūn jiē shūsǐ zhàn, bùkě bài.[Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (literary) tostation

   • 楚子伐隨，軍於漢淮之間。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     楚子伐随，军于汉淮之间。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Commentary of Zuo,c. 4^th centuryBCE

     Chǔ zǐ fá Suí,jūn yú Hàn Huái zhījiān.[Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. (historical) thepunishment of being transported to aremote location forpenalservitude
6. (historical) a kind offirst-leveladministrativedivisionduring theTang,Five Dynasties, andSongeras, thecommand of ajiedushi (節度使)

   興化軍／兴化军  ― Xīnghuàjūn  ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “軍”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on:くん(kun)
• Kan-on:くん(kun)
• Kan’yō-on:ぐん(gun,Jōyō)
• Kun:いくさ(ikusa,軍)
• Nanori:いさ(isa)、すすむ(susumu)、むら(mura)、むれ(mure)

• 軍鶏(シャモ)(shamo)

/kʲun/ →/ɡun/

FromMiddle Chinese軍 (MC kjun).

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “explain shift from/k-/ →/ɡ-/”)

• (Tokyo)ぐん[gúꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟̃ɴ]

軍(ぐん)• (gun) 

1. anarmy,corps

   Synonyms:軍隊(guntai),軍団(gundan)

2. thearmed forces,military

   Synonym:軍部(gunbu)

   Hyponyms:海軍(kaigun),空軍(kūgun),陸軍(rikugun)

3. (military)forces
4. (historical, military)during theZhoudynasty, an army offive師(shi,“divisions of 2500 soldiers”)totaling 12500 soldiers
5. (especially in sports) ateam

軍(ぐん)• (gun) 

1. army,soldiers
2. battle,conflict,fighting,war
3. team

FromOld Japanese, first attested in theNihon Shoki (720CE).

Theiku part is possibly derived from either射くう(ikuu,“toshoot (anarrow)”,obsolete),的(ikuha,“target”,archaic), or classical verb生く(iku,“toexist,live;bring tolife”). Theiku- in the first and secondetyma appear to becognate.

The finalsa is likely from矢(sa,“arrow”,obsolete) orさ(-sa,suffix attached to verbs to refer to the time that the activity is done, or to nouns indicatingdirection).

• (Tokyo)いくさ[ìkúsáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1][2][3]
• (Tokyo)いくさ[ìkúsá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ikɯ̟sa̠]

軍(いくさ)• (ikusa) 

1. (archaic) asoldier,warrior; anarmy
2. (archaic)archery

• “^△軍”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[3] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2025

FromMiddle Chinese軍 (MC kjun).

• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[kun]
• Phonetic hangul:[군]

KoreanWikisource has texts containing thehanja:

軍

軍 (eumhun군사군(gunsa gun))

1. hanja form^? of군(“army;soldier”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典.[4]

Theiku part is possibly derived from either射くふ(ikupu,“toshoot (anarrow)”),的(ikupa,“target”), or verb生く(iku,“toexist,live;bring tolife”). Theiku- in the first and secondetyma appear to becognate.

The finalsa is likely from矢(sa,“arrow”) orさ(-sa,suffix attached to verbs to refer to the time that the activity is done, or to nouns indicatingdirection).

軍 (ikusa) (kanaいくさ)

1. archery
   • 720,Nihon Shoki,Empress Jitō, entry 36: third year, seventh month in autumn:

     丙寅、詔左右京職及諸國司、築習射所。

     On the fifteenth day (hinoetora), by decree [of the Empress] the political sector of the imperial government and all provincial governors were to buildarchery ranges.

2. asoldier,troop,warrior; anarmy
   • 720,Nihon Shoki,Emperor Yūryaku, entry 19: eighth year, second month in spring:

     高麗王即發軍兵、屯聚筑足流城〈或本云、都久斯岐城〉。

     The King of Gorguryeo dispatched hisarmy, assembling atTukusököru nö Sasi (another record readsTukïsiki nö Sasi).

   • c.759,Man’yōshū,book 6, poem 972:
     , texthere

     千萬乃軍奈利友言擧不為取而可來男常曾念

     tiyo₂ro₂du no₂ikusa narito₂mo ko₂to₂age sezu to₂rite ki₁nubeki₁ ono₂ko₁ to₂ so₂ omopu

     Though ten millionwarriors threaten, he will not utterkotoage, but go off to subjugate the horde―this man for whom I yearn.^[1]

• Japanese:軍,戦(ikusa)

軍:Hán Nôm readings:quân

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