歩兵

See also: 步兵

Japanese

Alternative spelling
步兵 (kyūjitai)

From an earlier borrowing of Middle Chinese 步兵 (MC buH pjaeng).

歩(ほ)兵(へい) • (hohei)

an infantryman, foot soldier
Synonyms: 雑兵 (zōhyō, zappyō), 歩兵 (fuhyō)
(historical) the soldier who organised the infantry under the Tokugawa shōgunate
(historical) the infantry of the Imperial Japanese Army
(shogi, archaic or colloquial) synonym of 歩 (fu) or 歩 (ho): a foot soldier (piece that can move one space forward), erroneously called in most literature as the equivalent of the “pawn” in Western chess

Alternative spelling
步兵 (kyūjitai)

/ɸu ɸʲau/ → /ɸuçau/ → /ɸuçɔː/ → /ɸuçoː/

From a much-later or orthographic borrowing from Chinese 步兵 (bùbīng).

歩(ふ)兵(ひょう) • (fuhyō) ^{←ふひやう (fufyau)^?}

(shogi) synonym of 歩 (fu): a foot soldier (piece that can move one space forward), erroneously called in most literature as the equivalent of the “pawn” in Western chess
Synonym: 兵 (hyō)

Hypernym: 小駒 (kogoma)
synonym of 歩兵 (hohei, “infantryman, foot soldier”)

Alternative spelling
步兵 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 歩兵 – see the following entry: 徒歩軍

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 徒歩軍.)

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“歩兵”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Shogi pieces (将棋の駒)
Unpromoted (生駒)	name	王将玉将	金将	銀将	桂馬	香車	飛車	角行	歩兵
Unpromoted (生駒)	abbr.	王玉	金	銀	桂	香	飛	角	歩
Promoted (成駒)	name	-	-	成銀	成桂	成香	竜王	竜馬	と金, 成歩
Promoted (成駒)	abbr.	-	-	全^*	圭^, 今^	杏^, 仝^	竜	馬	と, 止, 个^*
^*These abbreviations are only used as a typographical convention. They are pronounced the same as their full names.