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兵 means 'soldier'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 171   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-1    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 35    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 93 words   Used in 310 words   Used in 802 names   Component in 6 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ヘイ   ヒョウ
Additional readings
Kun    つわもの soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics
Name    へ
Components
⿱  斤 axe  丌 table  
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呉 give  丘 hill  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 兵 is used 13 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 兵 is used 295 times, read 3 ways (with 5 variations).
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ヘイ : 243 words FIND ALL
へ い し 1
noun
soldier
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ヘイ (read as ぺい) : 27 words FIND ALL
て っ ぺ い 0
withdrawal of troops
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ヒョウ : 14 words FIND ALL
ひ ょ う ろ う 0
noun
(army) provisions; food
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ヒョウ (read as びょう) : 4 words FIND ALL
ぐ ん び ょ う 0
noun
armed forces; battle troops
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ヒョウ (read as ぴょう) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
nine cuts mudra (mudra: hand posture which forms a part of Hindu prayer); exorcism-purification spell  (Buddhist term)
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つわもの : 3 words FIND ALL
noun
great warrior
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ぺ: 1 word. FIND ALL
い な か っ ぺ い 5
noun
hick; country bumpkin; yokel  (derogatory)
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へ: 2 words. FIND ALL
へ こ お び 0
noun
waist band
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An additional 15 less common words include 兵 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 606 (originally: 578)  Joy o' Kanji : 578  Key to Kanji: 938 

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兵
ヘイ   ヒョウ    soldier   
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斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
丌
table
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