战

See also: 戰 and 戦

战 U+6218, 战 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6218 ← 戗 [U+6217] CJK Unified Ideographs 戙 → [U+6219]

Translingual

Traditional	戰
Shinjitai	戦
Simplified	战

Han character

战 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜口戈 (YRI), composition ⿰占戈)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 412, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11582
• Dae Jaweon: page 755, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1403, character 14
• Unihan data for U+6218

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 戰 (單 → 占).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 占 + semantic 戈.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 战 – see 戰 (“to fight a battle; to go to war; war; battle; fight; etc.”). (This character, 战, is the simplified form of 戰.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
战
せん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 战 (zhàn).

Kanji

战

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. (Geba-ji) Alternative form of 戦

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: たたかう (tatakau, 战う)^{←たたかふ (tatakafu, 战ふ, historical)}