Keyword
army
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig323
Readings
ぐん
(99%)
Composed of
roof without a chimney
vehicle
Mnemonic

Pictograph of a vehicle with an extra armored roof, just like the ones they have in the army.

Used in kanji (11 in total)
carry
shine
to wield (physically)
gushing
Used in vocabulary (480 in total)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
armed forces; military; troops
general; shogun
Examples (16 in total)
Not far from the house was a military hospital.
If he could pass for eighteen years old, he'd join the army.
The army had plenty of weapons.