战

See also: 戰 and 戦

Translingual

Traditional	戰
Shinjitai	戦
Simplified	战

Glyph origin

Simplified from 戰 (單 → 占).

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

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

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

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Japanese

Kanji

战

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. fighting, battle
2. 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)}