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戰
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇰🇷
战
🇨🇳
戦
🇯🇵

war

HSK 10 N2
Human →Actions
zhàn
セン
いくさ、たたか.う、おのの.く、そよ.ぐ、わなな.く
전
Phonosemantic compound. 戈 represents the meaning and 單 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (戰)
單 list+ 戈 halberd =
戰 war
單 Phonetic component
list
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戈 Meaning component
gē halberd
halberd, spear, lance
Simplified (战)
占 tell fortunes+ 戈 halberd =
战 war
占 Phonetic component
zhàn tell fortunes
variant of 占[zhàn]
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戈 Meaning component
gē halberd
halberd, spear, lance
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
戦
Regular
Modern
Chinese
战 / 戰 [zhàn]
to fight; fight; war; battle
Japanese
戦 、 軍 、 兵 いくさ 同音

noun

  1. war; battle; campaign; fight
  2. archaic troops; forces
戦 せん 同音

suffix

  1. war; battle
  2. match; game; competition
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
腹が減っては戦ができぬ。
An army travels on its stomach.
読売ジャイアンツ・中日ドラゴンズ戦のナイターの券が２枚あるんだけど見に行かない？
I have two tickets to the Yomiuri Giants - Chunichi Dragons night game. Want to go?
Japanese Names
戦 いさお
Isao unclassified name
戦 せん
Sen surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
战争 [zhàn​zhēng] #979
war
挑战 [tiǎo​zhàn] #1,416
to challenge
战斗 [zhàn​dòu] #1,514
to fight
战略 [zhàn​lüè] #5,660
strategy
战士 [zhàn​shì] #2,750
fighter
战胜 [zhàn​shèng] #4,260
to prevail over
作战 [zuò​zhàn] #4,286
combat
战术 [zhàn​shù] #4,404
tactics
战场 [zhàn​chǎng] #3,936
battlefield
大战 [dà​zhàn] #5,280
war
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 戦う [たたかう] #607
to make war (on)
⭐ 戦い [たたかい] #1,380
battle
⭐ 作戦 [さくせん] #1,496
tactics
⭐ 戦争 [せんそう] #1,684
war
⭐ 挑戦 [ちょうせん] #2,916
challenge
⭐ 戦闘 [せんとう] #3,027
battle
⭐ 軍 [ぐん] #3,032
army
⭐ 戦場 [せんじょう] #3,141
battlefield
⭐ 戦力 [せんりょく] #3,372
war potential
⭐ 戦 [いくさ] #3,601
war
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KOREAN WORDS (40)
전쟁 #2,256
war
작전 #3,773
maneuver; tactics; strategy
전투 #3,874
battle
전략 #17,705
strategy; war strategy; battle strategy
전술 #20,392
tactic
휴전 #27,354
ceasefire; truce
도전 #30,064
challenge
교전 #31,794
battle
전함 #43,274
battleship
실전 #43,392
actual fight; actual battle
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