武

Descendants

 * ( character derived from )

Glyph origin
– army going on an expedition. In the character 武, the 戈 component is written above the 止 component.

The graphical origin of 武 as “to stop violence” — the ultimate state of just warfare — is traditionally attributed to King Zhuang of Chu :

Linguistically, this was likely a misinterpretation, as always means “to walk”  when used as a radical, compare,  and.

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (as in (STEDT; ; ).

Definitions

 * 1) military related to warfare, fighting
 * 2) martial arts; wushu
 * 3) valiant; brave; courageous
 * 4) soldier; warrior
 * 5) footstep; footprint
 * 6)  to inherit
 * 1) soldier; warrior
 * 2) footstep; footprint
 * 3)  to inherit
 * 1) footstep; footprint
 * 2)  to inherit
 * 1)  to inherit
 * 1)  to inherit

Etymology 1
From.

The goon reading of mu, so likely the initial borrowing.

Affix

 * 1) military, martial

Usage notes
Only found in compounds. Not as common as the bu reading.

Derived terms

 * : a warrior

Etymology 2
From.

The kan'on reading of bu, so likely a re-borrowing at a later stage of Middle Chinese, or from a dialectal variation in Middle Chinese.

Noun

 * 1) courage, ferocity, valor
 * 2) military power, force of arms
 * 3) the act of carrying out military force: a battle, a war
 * 4) the way of carrying out military force: strategy, tactics, martial arts
 * 5) a military person: an officer, a soldier
 * 6)  a unit of length, equivalent to half of a, roughly equivalent to one yard or 90 centimeters

Derived terms

 * : military power, military authority, military influence over something
 * : military fortune, luck in battle
 * : a bodyguard to an imperial prince; a shogun, a generalissimo
 * : a favor received from a shogun or samurai family
 * : a fierce fire, a raging fire
 * : military studies
 * : a military officer
 * : Wuhan, China
 * : in the Edo period, a registry listing all the samurai families by name,, income, castles or other residences, and the names of any followers
 * : a weapon
 * : martial technique: martial arts
 * : a samurai family; the samurai class
 * : military arts, military accomplishments
 * : military gear: more specifically, weapons and armor
 * : distinguished military service
 * : an armory, a storage facility for military gear
 * : military feats or exploits
 * : alternate name for
 * : clumsy, rude, oafish; useless, stupid; inconvenient; stiff and angular
 * : boorish, hickish
 * : a warrior, a samurai
 * : military matters
 * : martial arts
 * : Wuchang, China
 * : a god of war
 * : a military minister, a minister of military affairs
 * : a warrior, a soldier

Etymology 3
Ateji used in various names.

Proper noun




Han character

 * 1) martial arts
 * 2) (compounds) violence