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Kanji for Soldier
The kanji for “soldier” is 兵, read hei and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
兵
soldier
A soldier; courage and duty.
7 strokes On reading ヘイ、ヒョウ (hei, hyou) Kun reading つわもの (tsuwamono) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: soldier, private, troops, army, warfare
Readings used for names on Nazuke: hyou, he, hei
In Japan it appears in about 265 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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