湘军

Traditional form:

湘軍

Pinyin (reading):

Xiāngjūn

Definitions:

• Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion

Characters:

• 湘 - Hunan province; the Xiangjiang river
• 军 - army, military; soldiers, troops

Traditional characters:

• 湘 - Hunan province; the Xiangjiang river
• 軍 - army, military; soldiers, troops