Keyword
military affairs
- arms
- armaments
- Frequency
- #3695
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
róng
Mnemonic
A hand holding a lance 戈
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
戎
generic term for weapons (old); army (matters); military affairs
兵戎相见
to meet on the battlefield (idiom)
西戎
the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards; Xionites (Central Asian nomads)
戎装
martial attire
戎马
warhorse; armed forces; troops; (fig.) war; warfare
兵戎
arms; weapons
投笔从戎
to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom); to join the military (esp. of educated person)
第戎
Dijon (France)
从戎
to enlist; to be in the army
戎马生涯
army life (idiom); the experience of war
戎行
troops; military affairs
犬戎
Quanrong, Zhou Dynasty ethnic group of present-day western China
戎机
opportunity for a fight; war
戎衣
military uniform