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戰

戰 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. いくさをする。
  2. あらそい。
  3. 競争する。
  4. びくびくする。おののく。
  5. そよぐ。ゆれ動く。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「戈」+音符「單」。「たたかう」「いくさ」を意味する漢語｛戰｝を表す字。のち仮借して「ふるえる」「おののく」を意味する漢語｛顫｝にも用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

war, fighting, battle

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セン
Kun (native)
  • いくさ
  • たたか(う)
  • おのの(く)
  • そよぐ
Other languages
  • 拼音zhan4
  • 한글jeon
  • Hán-ViệtChiến

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
戈(ほこ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6230

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰單戈

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-12-4
Four Corner
6355.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4n9.2
Nelson
1814