兵

Glyph origin
– a pair of hands holding a weapon.

Definitions

 * 1) weapon
 * 2) army; troops
 * 3) soldier; warrior
 * 4) warfare
 * 5)  pawn; private; soldier (on the red side)
 * 6)  pawn
 * 7)  police
 * 1) warfare
 * 2)  pawn; private; soldier (on the red side)
 * 3)  pawn
 * 4)  police
 * 1)  police
 * 1)  police

Etymology 2
From. The kan'on, so a later borrowing.

Noun

 * 1) a soldier
 * 2) a war machine; a weapon
 * 3) a battle, a war
 * 4) in the old Japanese military structure, the lowest set of ranks for a soldier: a private, corporal, lance corporal

Etymology 3
From. The goon, so an earlier borrowing.

Noun

 * 1) soldier
 * 2) another name for  in shogi