| 戎 | 1048C55 71.71 | 部居  | 畫數 6 | ㄖㄨㄥˊ [rong2] | ||
| N. | (1) Military affairs: 戎事 warfare, fighting; 戎機 military operations (secrets), strategy; 戎寄 a military assignment; 戎首 [rong2shou3]↓; 戎行 [rong2hang2]↓; 軍戎 military matters; 戎伍 the rank and file, the army; 投筆從戎 give up civilian pursuits to join the army; 戎士 privates; 兵戎 troops; 戎馬 war-horses; 戎車 a war-chariot; 戎器 weapons; 戎裝，戎服，戎衣 military dress, uniform; 戎旃 military tent. (2) General name for barbarian tribes in the west: 西戎 the Western Barbarians; 犬戎 “the Canine Barbarians”; 戎蠻 an anc. barbarian tribe in the south; 戎狄 barbarian tribes to the west and the north. (3) A surname. | |||||
| Adj. | Great: 戎功 outstanding service to the country; 戎公 ditto. | |||||
| Words | 1. 戎行 [rong2hang2], n., troops. 2. 戎葵 [rong2kui2], n., (bot.) the hollyhock, Altaea rosea (also 蜀葵). 3. 戎路 [rong2lu4], n., military chariots. 4. 戎幕 [rong2mu4], n., military headquarters. 5. 戎首 [rong2shou3], n., (1) one who starts a war: 毋為戎首 don't be the first to start a war; (2) the first to pick a fight. 6. 戎菽 [rong2shu2], n., the garden pea. 7. 戎鹽 [rong2yan2], n., the rock salt. | |||||