戦 – war, battle, match

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The kanji 戦 means war, battle, match. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セン (sen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いくさ、たたか.う、おのの.く、そよ.ぐ、わなな.く (ikusa, tatakau, ononoku, soyogu, wananaku). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 戈 (no. 62).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セン	sen
Kun’yomi	いくさ	ikusa
Kun’yomi	たたか.う	tatakau
Kun’yomi	おのの.く	ononoku
Kun’yomi	そよ.ぐ	soyogu
Kun’yomi	わなな.く	wananaku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 戈 (Kangxi radical 62). Components: 十・尚・田・戈.

Words using 戦

戦争せんそうwar大戦たいせんgreat war戦いたたかいbattle戦うたたかうto make war (on)挑戦ちょうせんchallenge戦せんwar作戦さくせんtactics敗戦はいせんdefeat休戦きゅうせんcease-fire戦災せんさいwar damage戦術せんじゅつtactics戦闘せんとうbattle戦力せんりょくwar potential

Example sentences

その国は戦争で荒廃してしまった。

The country was wasted by war.

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あの家の繁栄は大戦中からのことだ。

The prosperity of the family dates from the Great War.

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戦いは人間の獣性をよびおこす。

War arouses the animal in man.

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Kanji with the same radical

成我戒戯或戚

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