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戎

róng

Character

What 戎 means

1. generic term for weapons (old)
2. army (matters)
3. military affairs

Other readings

戎 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Róngsurname Rong

Words starting with 戎

• 戎事róng shìmilitary affairs
• 戎机róng jīopportunity for a fight; war
• 戎甲róng jiǎweapons and armor
• 戎羯Róng Jiéancient ethnic groups in northwestern China
• 戎行róng hángtroops; military affairs
• 戎衣róng yīmilitary uniform
• 戎装róng zhuāngmartial attire
• 戎车róng chēmilitary vehicle
• 戎马róng mǎwarhorse; armed forces; troops; (fig.) war; warfare
• 戎马生涯róng mǎ shēng yáarmy life (idiom); the experience of war
• 戎事倥偬róng shì kǒng zǒnga time of military urgency; war crisis

Words containing 戎

• 兵戎bīng róngarms; weapons
• 姜戎Jiāng RóngJiang Rong (1946-), pseudonym of Lü Jiamin 吕嘉民
• 张戎Zhāng RóngJung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 张二鸿
• 从戎cóng róngto enlist; to be in the army
• 御戎yù róng(military) chariot driver (old)
• 犬戎Quǎn róngQuanrong, Zhou Dynasty ethnic group of present-day western China
• 第戎Dì róngDijon (France)
• 西戎Xī róngthe Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards…
• 兵戎相见bīng róng xiāng jiànto meet on the battlefield (idiom)
• 奥密克戎ào mì kè róngomicron (Greek letter Ο, ο)
• 投笔从戎tóu bǐ cóng róngto lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom); to join the military…

Characters that look like 戎

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 我wǒI; me; my
• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 找zhǎoto try to find; to look for; to call on sb
• 农nóng(bound form) agriculture
• 戒jièto guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn
• 讹éerror; false; to extort

Sounds the same

Read róng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 容to hold; to contain; to allow
• 荣glory; honor; thriving
• 融to melt; to thaw; to blend
• 溶to dissolve; soluble
• 绒velvet; woolen
• 蓉paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc; used in 芙蓉
• 榕Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa)
• 熔to smelt; to fuse
• 茸(bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy
• 嵘used in 峥嵘
• 瑢used in 瑽瑢
• 蝾salamander