军 · Zhang Zhi (v2)
Jūn (1st tone). Traditional 軍. The Shuowen Jiezi reads 「圜圍也。四千人爲軍。从車，从包省。軍，兵車也」 — ‘an encircling ring; four thousand men make a 軍’; the graph is a chariot (車) wrapped by an enclosing arm. The oldest sense is therefore not ‘soldiers’ but the $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart