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戦

War
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingセン
Kun readingいくさ、たたか.う
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 4Level 11

Verbs with «戦»

戦う挑戦する戦える

Meanings

  1. warRtK
  2. battle
  3. match
  1. troops

Popular Usage

戦争休戦

Radicals and components

Radical戈halberd
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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simple · owl · rice field (田) · brains · ten (十) · needle (丨) · fiesta

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2079

Compound words

戦争せんそう
war; fighting; fierce competition
戦うたたかう
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to go to war (with); to fight (with); to do battle (against)
挑戦するちょうせんする
to challenge; to attempt
休戦きゅうせん
cease-fire; truce; armistice
一戦いっせん
battle; game; bout
開戦かいせん
outbreak of war; starting a war
観戦かんせん
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
苦戦くせん
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
激戦げきせん
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
決戦けっせん
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
交戦こうせん
war; battle; hostilities
合戦かっせん
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
混戦こんせん
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
作戦さくせん
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
参戦さんせん
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
主戦しゅせん
advocacy of war
終戦しゅうせん
end of war; cessation of hostilities
緒戦しょせん
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition; first match (in a series)
聖戦せいせん
holy war; crusade
接戦せっせん
close contest; close match; close game; close race; close combat
舌戦ぜっせん
war of words
宣戦せんせん
declaration of war
戦域せんいき
war area; battlefield; theater; theatre
戦火せんか
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

On Reading Examples

彼は戦場で何度も死をうまく逃れた。せんじょう
He cheated death many times on the battlefield.tatoeba
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？せん
I have two tickets to the Yomiuri Giants - Chunichi Dragons night game. Want to go?tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼の勇気のおかげで戦に勝った。いくさ
His courage won the day.tatoeba
大雨のために本日の阪神・巨人戦は中止になった。いくさ
Today's Tigers-Giants baseball game was called off due to heavy rain.tatoeba
全世界が１回の原爆戦で破壊されよう。いくさ
The whole world could be destroyed by an atomic war.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は不正との戦いに一生をささげた。
He dedicated his life to fighting corruption.tatoeba
彼は南北戦争の歴史書を書いた。
He wrote a book about the American Civil War.tatoeba
彼は第二次世界大戦では陸軍大将だった。
He was a general in the Second World War.tatoeba
彼は第２次大戦でアフリカ作戦の英雄だった。
He was a hero of the African campaign in World War II.tatoeba
日中戦争と米不足
China-Japan War and shortage of ricewiki
戦争詠とは異なる
This is different from the senso-ei.wiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

War, fight. 単 (shield) + 戈 (halberd) — shield and weapon in battle.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 戦

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