戎

戎 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈十 (IJ), four-corner 5340₀, composition ⿹戈𠂇(GHTJK) or ⿻戊一(V))

• 𠈋, 𠲦, 𡊸, 娀, 㣝, 𢫨, 𣴛, 狨, 㭜, 毧, 𤇽, 𮁱, 𥅯, 𥑳, 䄾, 䘬, 𫂽, 絨(绒), 羢, 𦕧, 𧊕, 賊(贼), 𧻪, 𨀻, 𨠤, 𨱿, 𬫍, 𣉝, 駥, 𩶺, 𪀚, 𢦛, 茙, 𥬪, 𫻸, 䯷, 𪀵

• KangXi: page 411, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11539
• Dae Jaweon: page 752, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1397, character 8
• Unihan data for U+620E

Historical forms of the character 戎
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 盾 (“shield”) + 戈 (“halberd; weapons”) – weaponry, arms.

“you”

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”).

“ancient tribe”

Unknown. Goldin (2011) proposes that 戎 (róng) was a pejorative "pseudo-ethnonym" meaning "bellicose".

戎

1. (literary) arms, armaments

   • 是月也，天子乃教於田獵，以習五戎，班馬政。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     是月也，天子乃教于田猎，以习五戎，班马政。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Shì yuè yě, tiānzǐ nǎi jiào yú tiánliè, yǐ xí wǔróng, bān mǎ zhèng. [Pinyin]

     In this month the son of Heaven, by means of hunting, teaches how to use the five weapons of war, and the rules for the management of horses.

2. (literary) army; military affairs

   投筆從戎／投笔从戎  ―  tóubǐcóngróng  ―  to cast aside the pen and join the army

   • 國之大事，在祀與戎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     国之大事，在祀与戎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Guó zhī dàshì, zài sì yǔ róng. [Pinyin]

     The great affairs of the state are sacrifice and warfare.

3. (obsolete) you

   • 戎雖小子，而式弘大。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     戎虽小子，而式弘大。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Róng suī xiǎozǐ, ér shì hóngdà. [Pinyin]

     Though you may be [but as] little children, your work is vast and great.

4. (historical) a general term for ethnic groups in the west of China

   See also: 西戎

   • 是以秦用戎人由余而霸中國，齊用越人蒙而彊威、宣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     是以秦用戎人由余而霸中国，齐用越人蒙而强威、宣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Shìyǐ Qín yòng Róngrén Yóuyú ér bà Zhōngguó, Qí yòng Yuèrén Méng ér qiáng Wēi, Xuān. [Pinyin]

     So Qin used the Rong man Youyu and established hegemony over the central states, Qi used the Yue man Meng and strengthened (kings) Wei and Xuan.

5. a surname

• “戎”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. warrior
2. arms
3. barbarian
4. Ainu

• On (unclassified): じゅう (jū)
• Kun: つわもの (tsuwamono, 戎); えびす (ebisu, 戎)

戎(えびす) • (Ebisu) 

1. a surname
2. alternative spelling of 恵比須 (Ebisu), a Shinto god

戎 • (yung) (hangeul 융, revised yung, McCune–Reischauer yung, Yale yung)

1. arms
2. armaments
3. military affair

戎: Hán Nôm readings: nhung, nhỏng, nhong, xong, nhùng

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