海军
hǎijūn · HSK 6
navy
⚓🎖️ 海军 = sea + army → the military force that rules the ocean
海 means sea/ocean and 军 means army/military. Put them together and you get the branch of armed forces that operates on water — the navy.
海 — water radical 氵 + 每 (phonetic)
海 is a phono-semantic compound. The 氵 (water) radical signals the meaning—a vast body of water—while 每 supplies the sound. Originally referring to the sea or ocean, it later extended figuratively to mean 'vast' or 'a great quantity,' as in 人海 (a sea of people).