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憲兵

憲兵

See also: 宪兵

Chinese

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

Noun

憲兵

  1. the military police
  2. a military policeman
  3. the gendarmerie
  4. a gendarme

Derived terms

  • 國家憲兵／国家宪兵 (“gendarmerie”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
憲 兵
けん
Grade: 6 		へい > ぺい
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

憲兵 ‎(hiragana けんぺい, romaji kenpei)

  1. the military police
  2. a military policeman
  3. the gendarmerie
  4. a gendarme

Descendants

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja in this term
憲 兵

Noun

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

  1. Hanja form? of 헌병, “military police”.

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), from Japanese 憲兵 (けんぺい) ‎(kenpei, “gendarmerie”)

Pronunciation

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