Soldier
Army, Troops
noun
The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.
This has the same reading as the kanji you learned, meaning you know the reading!
アメリカ兵からよくガムやチョコレートをもらいました。
American soldiers often gave us gum and chocolate.
今回の戦争では、人間ではなくロボット兵が戦っているようです。
In this war, it seems that robot soldiers, not humans, will be fighting.
その肉を食べた多くの兵が、食中毒になってしまったそうです。
Apparently, many of the soldiers who ate the meat became ill with food poisoning.