戎

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generic term for weapons (old); army (matters); military affairs

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A hand holding a lance 戈

Components 戈 ? unknown part

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
兵戎相见	bīng róng xiāng jiàn	to meet on the battlefield (idiom)
奥密克戎	ào mì kè róng	omicron (Greek letter Ο, ο)
投笔从戎	tóu bǐ cóng róng	to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom); to join the military (esp. of educated …
戎马	róng mǎ	warhorse; armed forces; troops; (fig.) war; warfare
戎机	róng jī	opportunity for a fight; war
戎行	róng háng	troops; military affairs
西戎	Xī róng	the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards; Xionit…
戎事	róng shì	military affairs
戎车	róng chē	military vehicle
戎马生涯	róng mǎ shēng yá	army life (idiom); the experience of war
戎装	róng zhuāng	martial attire
戎衣	róng yī	military uniform
兵戎	bīng róng	arms; weapons
戎甲	róng jiǎ	weapons and armor
张戎	Zhāng Róng	Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻\|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 …
从戎	cóng róng	to enlist; to be in the army
第戎	Dì róng	Dijon (France)
犬戎	Quǎn róng	Quanrong, Zhou Dynasty ethnic group of present-day western China
御戎	yù róng	(military) chariot driver (old)
姜戎	Jiāng Róng	Jiang Rong (1946-), pseudonym of Lü Jiamin 呂嘉民\|吕嘉民[Lu:3 Jia1 min2], Chinese writer

These characters use 戎 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
戎 sound part	róng	arms, armaments; military affairs
绒	róng	cotton, silk, velvet, wool
狨	róng	the common marmoset