兵

Numbered pinyin

bing1

English meanings

fighter, troops, armed force, arms, dogface, pawn in Ch. chess, military, weapons, private, soldier, ranker, joe, army, pawn, rank-and-file soldier

BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 丘; bottom 八.

• Top

  Explore parts · Top–bottom

  • Top

    Explore parts · Enclosed from the upper left

    • Outside

    • Inside

      Explore parts · Top–bottom

      • Top

      • Bottom

        Explore parts · Overlapping

        • First part

        • Second part

  • Bottom

• Bottom

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.