憲兵

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Chinese

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statute; constitution
soldiers; a force; an army
soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
 
trad. (憲兵)
simp. (宪兵)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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憲兵

  1. military police
    日軍憲兵二戰罄竹難書戰爭罪 [MSC, trad.]
    日军宪兵二战罄竹难书战争罪 [MSC, simp.]
    Rìjūn xiànbīng zài èrzhàn zhōng fàn xià le qìngzhúnánshū de zhànzhēngzuì. [Pinyin]
    The Imperial Japanese Army's Military Police committed innumerable war crimes during World War 2.
  2. military police officer
  3. gendarmerie
  4. gendarme

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: 6
へい > ぺい
Grade: 4
kan'on

Etymology

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From (ken, law) +‎ (hei, soldier).

The hei changes to pei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(けん)(ぺい) (kenpei

  1. military police [since 1881]
  2. gendarmerie

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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憲兵 (heonbyeong or McCune-Reischauer: hŏnbyŏng or Yale: hēnpyeng) (hangeul 헌병)

  1. hanja form? of 헌병 (military police; gendarmerie)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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憲兵

  1. chữ Hán form of hiến binh (gendarmerie).