军队
jūnduì · HSK 6
troops
🪖⚔️ 军 (army) + 队 (team) = the army team, i.e. troops
军 means army or military, 队 means group or team. Together they form the word for an organized body of soldiers — armed forces or troops.
队 — 阝(mound) + 㒸 (phonetic, suì)
Originally written 隊, depicting people falling from a mound (阝). The early sense was 'to fall down,' later borrowed for 'a group' or 'team' descending or marching together. The simplified form 队 keeps the mound radical 阝 but replaces the right side with 人 (person), suggesting people gathered in a line.