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陣

camp
Stroke count: 10

Readings

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JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. campRtK
  2. battle array
  3. brief time
  4. position
  5. ranks
  6. sudden
  1. camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.)
  2. faction (of a party)
  3. military camp
  4. encampment
  5. cantonment

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pinnacle · parthenon · acropolis · car (車)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1402

Compound words

出陣しゅつじん
going into battle; departure for the front; appearing (in a match); starting an election campaign
陣営じんえい
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
陣地じんち
encampment; position; side; end; goal area
陣中じんちゅう
in camp; at the front
陣痛じんつう
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
陣容じんよう
battle formation; battle array; lineup (of a team, etc.); cast; staff
先陣せんじん
vanguard; advance guard
退陣たいじん
resignation; stepping down; retirement; retreat; decamping
布陣ふじん
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
陣頭じんとう
head of an army
初陣ういじん
one's first campaign; one's first battle
報道陣ほうどうじん
press corps
一陣いちじん
gust of wind
円陣えんじん
(forming a) circle
軍陣ぐんじん
camp
堅陣けんじん
stronghold
殺陣たて
sword fight (in a film, play, etc.)
陣笠じんがさ
ancient soldier's hat
陣鉦じんがね
bell or gong used to signal soldiers
陣列じんれつ
battle formation
陣歿じんぼつ
death in battle
経営陣けいえいじん
the management ranks
主陣地しゅじんち
main battle area
共産陣営きょうさんじんえい
the Communist camp

Additional Examples

彼は経営陣に対して、彼が何をするのか説明する責任がある。
He is accountable to the management for what he does.tatoeba
彼が新しく教授陣に加わった人です。
He is a new addition to the teaching staff.tatoeba
彼は背水の陣で闘った。
He fought a last-ditch battle.tatoeba
突然に一陣の風が起こった。
The gust of wind rose suddenly.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

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