Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇨🇳 China · Army	NATO equivalent	Japan · Army 🇯🇵
Officers
陆军上将 (General)	OF-9 General	幕僚長たる陸将 Bakuryōchō-taru-rikushō
陆军中将 (Lieutenant General)	OF-8 Lieutenant General	陸将 Rikushō
陆军少将 (Major General)	OF-7 Major General	陸将補 Rikushō-ho
陆军大校 (Senior Colonel)	OF-6 Brigadier General	No equivalent
陆军上校 (Colonel)	OF-5 Colonel	1等陸佐 Ittō rikusa
陆军中校 (Lieutenant Colonel)	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	2等陸佐 Nitō rikusa
陆军少校 (Major)	OF-3 Major / Commandant	3等陸佐 Santō rikusa
陆军上尉 (Captain)	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	1等陸尉 Ittō rikui
陆军中尉 (First Lieutenant) 陆军少尉 (Second Lieutenant)	OF-1 Lieutenant	2等陸尉 Nitō rikui 3等陸尉 Santō rikui 准陸尉 Jun rikui
Enlisted ranks
陆军一级军士长 (First Class Sergeant Major)	OR-9 Sergeant Major	陸曹長 Rikusōchō
陆军二级军士长 (Second Class Sergeant Major)	OR-8 1st Sergeant	1等陸曹 Ittō rikusō
陆军三级军士长 (Third Class Sergeant Major)	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	2等陸曹 Nitō rikusō
陆军一级上士 (First Class Master Sergeant)	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	3等陸曹 Santō rikusō
陆军二级上士 (Second Class Master Sergeant)	OR-5 Sergeant	No equivalent
陆军中士 (Sergeant)	OR-4 Corporal	No equivalent
陆军下士 (Corporal)	OR-3 Private 1st Class	陸士長 Rikushichō
陆军上等兵 (Private First Class)	OR-2 Private	1等陸士 Ittō rikushi
陆军列兵 (Private)	OR-1 Private	2等陸士 Nitō rikushi

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.