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Kanji Detail for 戦 - "war, to fight"

戦

  • Meaning

    戦 means "war, to fight." Also associated with to tremble.

    1. War - Armed conflict; battle.

    2. Fight - To combat; to struggle.

    3. Tremble - To shake with fear or excitement.

  • Words using 戦

    • 戦争 せんそう Listen war; fighting; fierce competition
    • 戦後 せんご Listen postwar period; period after Second World War
    • 作戦 さくせん Listen tactics; strategy; military operation
    • 停戦 ていせん Listen armistice; ceasefire
    • 冷戦 れいせん Listen cold war; the Cold War
    • 回戦 かいせん Listen event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc.; nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)
    • 戦略 せんりゃく Listen strategy; tactics
    • 戦闘 せんとう Listen battle; fight; combat

  • Four-character idioms with 戦

    • 悪戦苦闘 あくせんくとう Listen hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
    • 百戦錬磨 ひゃくせんれんま Listen veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles
    • 人海戦術 じんかいせんじゅつ Listen human wave attack; human wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
    • 力戦奮闘 りきせんふんとう Listen fighting with all one's might; fighting up against; making strenuous efforts
    • 宣戦布告 せんせんふこく Listen declaration of war; proclamation of war
    • 常在戦場 じょうざいせんじょう Listen always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person)

  • Tattoo check: 戦

    • Verified meaning: war, to fight
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いさお, せん)
    • Also carries these associations: to tremble

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 戦

    Surnames 戦(いさお)Listen 戦(せん)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    war; battle; match

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    war, fighting, battle

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 戰|战

  • Onyomi

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    sen(セン) セン

  • Kunyomi

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    ikusa(いくさ) いくさ

    onono.ku(おのの-く) おのの-く

    soyogu(そよ-ぐ) そよ-ぐ

    tataka.u(たたか-う) たたか-う

    wanana.ku(わなな-く) わなな-く

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    戈 (hokozukuri・hokogamae・hoko・kanohoko)

  • Related Keywords

    war fight tremble battle struggle combat conflict campaign clash confrontation military resistance strategy victory fear

Sentences including 戦

  • War suddenly broke out.

  • The war didn't break out by accident.

  • The war took place 45 years ago.

  • In the war , many people died young.

  • A great change has come about after the war.

  • They are at war with the country.

  • We are against war.

  • What will become of us if a war breaks out?

  • What is the best way to put an end to the war?

  • We have seen three wars.

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