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 Dictionary: 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

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

“you”

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

"western foreigners"

Goldin (2011) proposes that 戎 (róng) is "pseudo-ethnonym" meaning "bellicose".

“weapons”

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

“warfare”

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

戎

1. (literary) arms; armaments

   • 是月也，天子乃教於田獵，以習五戎，班馬政。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     是月也，天子乃教于田猎，以习五戎，班马政。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, 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。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     国之大事，在祀与戎。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, 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. used in 戎戎 (róngróng)
5. used in 蒙戎
6. (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。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     是以秦用戎人由余而霸中国，齐用越人蒙而强威、宣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, 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.

7. a surname

• “戎”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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

• Kan-on: じゅう (jū)
• Kun: つわもの (tsuwamono, 戎)、えびす (ebisu, 戎)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [juŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [융]

Wikisource

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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