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Lyeong
is the senior officers rank group used by the South Korean Military. The ranks are below and above . The equal rank group in North Korea is . Insignia See also Ranks used in Chinese character-using countries *General officer: Jiang (rank) *Senior officer: Sa (rank), Xiao (rank), Lyeong *Junior officer: Wei (rank) *Non-commissioned officers: Shi (rank) *Enlisted ranks: Bing (rank), Shi (rank) * ''Chungjwa (; ; ) is the rank held by Senior officer, field-grade officers in the militaries of Japan Self-Defense Forces, Japan, People's Army of Vietnam, Vietnam, and Korean People's Army, North Korea. Japan The only difference between rank names are the ...'' References Military ranks of South Korea {{Mil-rank-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chungjwa
(; ; ) is the rank held by Senior officer, field-grade officers in the militaries of Japan Self-Defense Forces, Japan, People's Army of Vietnam, Vietnam, and Korean People's Army, North Korea. Japan The only difference between rank names are the use of morphemes, which are (), () or (). North Korea Vietnam South Vietnamese variant See also Ranks used in Chinese character-using countries *General officer: Jiang (rank) *Senior officer: Sa (rank), Xiao (rank), Lyeong *Junior officer: Wei (rank) *Non-commissioned officers: Shi (rank) *Enlisted ranks: Bing (rank), Shi (rank) References {{Reflist Military ranks of Japan Military ranks of North Korea, Jwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiang (rank)
Jiang ( formerly romanized chiang and usually translated general) is a general officer rank used by China and Taiwan. It is also used as jang in North and South Korea, shō in Japan, and tướng in Vietnam. Chinese People's Liberation Army The same rank names are used for all services, prefixed by ''haijun'' () or ''kongjun'' (). Under the rank system in place in the PLA in the era 1955–1965, there existed the rank of (). This rank was awarded to 10 of the veteran leaders of the PLA in 1955 and never conferred again. It was considered equivalent to the Soviet rank of army general. The decision to name the equivalent rank () when it was briefly re-established in 1988-1994 was likely due to a desire to keep the rank of an honorary one awarded after a war, much as General of the Armies in the United States Army. It was offered to Deng Xiaoping who declined the new rank. Thus it was never conferred and scrapped in 1994. Republic of China Armed Forces Japanese var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wei (rank)
is a company-grade officer rank used in some East Asian militaries, including China, Taiwan, North Korea and South Korea. Chinese variant People's Liberation Army The same rank names are used for all services, prefixed by () or (). Republic of China Armed Forces Korean variant North Korea South Korea Vietnamese variant South Vietnamese variant See also Ranks used in Chinese character-using countries *General officer: Jiang (rank) * Senior officer: Sa (rank), Xiao (rank), Lyeong *Junior officer: Wei (rank) *Non-commissioned officers A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is an enlisted rank, enlisted leader, petty officer, or in some cases warrant officer, who does not hold a Commission (document), commission. Non-commissioned officers usually earn their position of authority b ...: Shi (rank) * Enlisted ranks: Bing (rank), Shi (rank) * Ranks of the People's Liberation Army * Ranks of the People's Liberation Army Navy * Ranks of the People's Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sa (rank)
(; ; ) is the rank held by Senior officer, field-grade officers in the militaries of Japan Self-Defense Forces, Japan, People's Army of Vietnam, Vietnam, and Korean People's Army, North Korea. Japan The only difference between rank names are the use of morphemes, which are (), () or (). North Korea Vietnam South Vietnamese variant See also Ranks used in Chinese character-using countries *General officer: Jiang (rank) *Senior officer: Sa (rank), Xiao (rank), Lyeong *Junior officer: Wei (rank) *Non-commissioned officers: Shi (rank) *Enlisted ranks: Bing (rank), Shi (rank) References {{Reflist Military ranks of Japan Military ranks of North Korea, Jwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bing (rank)
(; ) is the rank usually held by enlisted personnel in some East Asian militaries. The ranks are used in both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan, and both North and South Korea. The rank name is based on one of the four ancient occupations. Etymology The Sino-Korean word component "" means "soldier" literally, used in a wide variety of words related with soldiers, like in (; Hanja: , ), but rarely (usually in technical context in armed forces) ''per se''. s, who work closely with their US military counterparts, are frequently addressed as "sergeant" or the equivalent E-5 term in English by the U.S. military. This varies however by unit. In a similar vein, some US E-5s are called ''hasa'' by the ROKA members, as their status is one of an NCO. History The various ranks of are denoted by stripes worn laterally on a service member's left sleeve. An even lower rank, that of '' mudeungbyeong'' (; Hanja: , ), also known as ''hullyeonbyeong'' (; Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shi (rank)
(; ) is the rank usually held by Non-commissioned officers in some East Asian militaries. The ranks are used in both the People's Republic of China and Taiwan, and both North Korea, North and South Korea. The rank name is based on the on one of the Four occupations#shi, four ancient occupations. China The same rank names are used for all services, prefixed by ( zh, s=海军, t=海軍, l=naval force) or ( zh, s=空军, t=空軍, l=air force). Taiwan Japan North Korea South Korea Vietnamese variant South Vietnamese variant See also Ranks used in Chinese character-using countries *General officer: Jiang (rank) *Senior officer: Sa (rank), Xiao (rank), Lyeong *Junior officer: Wei (rank) *Non-commissioned officers: Shi (rank) *Enlisted ranks: Bing (rank), Shi (rank) * Ranks of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force * Ranks of the People's Liberation Army Navy * Ranks of the People's Liberation Army Air Force * Republic of China Armed Forces rank insignia Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiao (rank)
is a senior officer rank used in the militaries of China and Taiwan. The Chinese use the same rank names for all services, prefixed by () or (). Usage See also Ranks used in Chinese character-using countries *General officer: Jiang (rank) *Senior officer: Sa (rank), Xiao (rank), Lyeong *Junior officer: Wei (rank) *Non-commissioned officers: Shi (rank) *Enlisted ranks: Bing (rank), Shi (rank) *Ranks of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ranks of the People's Liberation Army *Ranks of the People's Liberation Army Navy *Ranks of the People's Liberation Army Air Force *Republic of China Armed Forces rank insignia *Military ranks of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Historical Military Ranks of the Republic of China References {{Reflist Military ranks of the People's Republic of China Military ranks of the Republic of China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Character
Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture. Of the four independently invented writing systems accepted by scholars, they represent the only one that has remained in continuous use. Over a documented history spanning more than three millennia, the function, style, and means of writing characters have changed greatly. Unlike letters in alphabets that reflect the sounds of speech, Chinese characters generally represent morphemes, the units of meaning in a language. Writing all of the frequently used vocabulary in a language requires roughly 2000–3000 characters; , nearly have been identified and included in '' The Unicode Standard''. Characters are created according to several principles, where aspects of shape and pronunciation may be used to indicate the character's meaning. The first attested characters are oracle bone inscriptions made during the 13th century BCE in w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-commissioned Officers
A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is an enlisted rank, enlisted leader, petty officer, or in some cases warrant officer, who does not hold a Commission (document), commission. Non-commissioned officers usually earn their position of authority by promotion through the enlisted ranks. In contrast, Officer (armed forces), commissioned officers usually enter directly from a military academy, officer training corps (OTC) or Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), or officer candidate school (OCS) or officer training school (OTS), after receiving a post-secondary degree. The NCO corps usually includes many grades of enlisted, corporal and sergeant; in some countries, warrant officers also carry out the duties of NCOs. The naval equivalent includes some or all grades of petty officer. There are different classes of non-commissioned officers, including junior (lower ranked) non-commissioned officers (JNCO) and senior/staff (higher ranked) non-commissioned officers (SNCO). Functio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
