戦

See also: 戰 and 战

戦 U+6226, 戦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6226 ← 戥 [U+6225] CJK Unified Ideographs 戧 → [U+6227]

Translingual

Traditional	戰
Shinjitai	戦
Simplified	战

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai, simplified from 戰 (單 → 単).

Han character

戦 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 火十戈 (FJI), four-corner 9345₀, composition ⿰単戈)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 413, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11631
• Dae Jaweon: page 756, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1409, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6226

Chinese

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	戦
Kyūjitai	戰

Kanji

戦

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 戰)

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kun: いくさ (ikusa, 戦, Jōyō); たたかう (tatakau, 戦う, Jōyō)^{←たたかふ (tatakafu, 戦ふ, historical)}; たたかい (tatakai, 戦い)^{←たたかひ (tatakafi, 戦ひ, historical)}; おののき (ononoki, 戦き)^{←をののき (wononoki, 戦き, historical)}; おののく (ononoku, 戦く)^{←をののく (wononoku, 戦く, historical)}; そよぎ (soyogi, 戦ぎ); そよぐ (soyogu, 戦ぐ); そよがす (soyogasu, 戦がす); わななく (wananaku, 戦く)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
戦
いくさ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
戰 (kyūjitai)

Shift in meaning from 軍 (ikusa, “soldier, army”), by extension of “archery”, and then to “an exchange of arrows → a battle”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いくさ​ [ìkúsáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) いくさ [ìkúsá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ikɯ̟ᵝsa̠]

Noun

戦(いくさ) • (ikusa) 

1. (archaic) a battle, conflict, fight, war

   Synonyms: 合戦 (kassen), 攻戦 (kōsen), 戦争 (sensō), 戦い (tatakai)

Derived terms

• 歌(うた)戦(いくさ) (uta ikusa)
• 勝(か)ち戦(いくさ) (kachi-ikusa)
• 竹釘(たけくぎ)戦(いくさ) (takekugi ikusa)
• 弔(とむら)い戦(いくさ) (tomurai-ikusa)
• 一(ひと)戦(いくさ) (hito ikusa)
• 負(ま)け戦(いくさ) (make-ikusa)
• 私(わたくし)戦(いくさ) (watakushi ikusa)

 

Proverbs

• 戦(いくさ)を見(み)て矢(や)を矧(は)ぐ (ikusa o mite ya o hagu, literally “fletching an arrow while seeing a battle”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
戦
せん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
戰 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 戰 (MC tsyenH).

Noun

戦(せん) • (sen) 

1. a battle, conflict, fight, war
2. a game, match
3. a competition, contest
4. a shiver, shudder, tremble

Suffix

戦(せん) • (-sen) 

1. (especially in sports) match, competition, contest

Derived terms

• オープン戦(せん) (ōpun-sen)
• 延(えん)長(ちょう)戦(せん) (enchōsen)
• 局(きょく)所(しょ)戦(せん) (kyokusho-sen)
• 慶(けい)早(そう)戦(せん) (Kei-Sō-sen)
• 劇(げき)戦(せん), 激(げき)戦(せん) (gekisen)
• 後(こう)半(はん)戦(せん) (kōhan-sen)
• 交(こう)流(りゅう)戦(せん) (kōryū-sen)
• 持(じ)久(きゅう)戦(せん) (jikyū-sen)
• 終(しゅう)盤(ばん)戦(せん) (shūban-sen, “endgame”)
• 選(せん)挙(きょ)戦(せん) (senkyo-sen)
• 前(ぜん)半(はん)戦(せん) (zenhan-sen)
• 早(そう)慶(けい)-戦(せん) (Sō-Kei-sen)
• 争(そう)奪(だつ)戦(せん) (sōdatsusen)
• タイトル戦(せん) (taitoru-sen)
• 打(だ)撃(げき)戦(せん) (dageki-sen)
• 投(とう)手(しゅ)戦(せん) (tōshu-sen)
• 貧(ひん)打(だ)戦(せん) (hinda-sen)
• 凡(ぼん)戦(せん) (bonsen)
• 乱(らん)打(だ)戦(せん) (randa-sen, “slugfest”)
• リーグ戦(せん) (rīgu-sen)
• 決定戦(けっていせん) (ketteisen)

 

Affix

戦(せん) • (sen) 

1. battle, conflict, fight, war
2. shivering, shuddering, trembling

Derived terms

• 戦(せん)戦(せん), 戦(せん)々(せん) (sensen)
• 戦(せん)意(い) (sen'i, “fighting spirit”)
• 戦(せん)役(えき) (sen'eki)
• 戦(せん)禍(か) (senka, “war damage”)
• 戦(せん)技(ぎ) (sengi)
• 戦(せん)記(き) (senki, “war chronicle”)
• 戦(せん)況(きょう) (senkyō, “war situation”)
• 戦(せん)勲(くん) (senkun)
• 戦(せん)訓(くん) (senkun)
• 戦(せん)鼓(こ) (senko)
• 戦(せん)功(こう) (senkō)
• 戦(せん)国(ごく) (sengoku)
• 戦(せん)債(さい) (sensai)
• 戦(せん)事(じ) (senji)
• 戦(せん)士(し) (senshi, “soldier”)
• 戦(せん)車(しゃ) (sensha, “tank”)
• 戦(せん)術(じゅつ) (senjutsu, “tactic, tactics”)
• 戦(せん)書(しょ) (sensho)
• 戦(せん)勝(しょう) (senshō, “victory, triumph”)
• 戦(せん)場(じょう) (senjō, “battlefield”)
• 戦(せん)陣(じん) (senjin)
• 戦(せん)勢(せい) (sensei)
• 戦(せん)前(ぜん) (senzen, “pre-war”)
• 戦(せん)線(せん) (sensen, “frontline”)
• 戦(せん)争(そう) (sensō, “war”)
• 戦(せん)隊(たい) (sentai, “military squadron”)
• 戦(せん)闘(とう) (sentō, “battle, combat”)
• 戦(せん)亡(ぼう) (senbō)
• 戦(せん)法(ぽう) (senpō, “tactic”)
• 戦(せん)袍(ぽう) (senpō)
• 戦(せん)没(ぼつ) (senbotsu, “death in war”)
• 戦(せん)友(ゆう) (sen'yū)
• 戦(せん)慄(りつ) (senritsu, “shudder”)
• 戦(せん)略(りゃく) (senryaku, “strategy”)
• 一(いっ)戦(せん) (issen)
• 鏖(おう)戦(せん) (ōsen)
• 外(がい)戦(せん) (gaisen)
• 海(かい)戦(せん) (kaisen)
• 火(か)戦(せん) (kasen)
• 合(かっ)戦(せん) (kassen)
• 火(か)兵(へい)戦(せん) (kaheisen)
• 酣(かん)戦(せん) (kansen)
• 擬(ぎ)戦(せん) (gisen)
• 騎(き)戦(せん) (kisen)
• 休(きゅう)戦(せん) (kyūsen, “truce”)
• 空(くう)戦(せん) (kūsen)
• 空(くう)中(ちゅう)戦(せん) (kūchūsen)
• 継(けい)戦(せん) (keisen)
• 故(こ)戦(せん) (kosen)
• 合(こう)戦(せん) (kōsen)
• 作(さく)戦(せん) (sakusen, “military operation”)
• 死(し)戦(せん) (shisen)
• 私(し)戦(せん) (shisen)
• 守(しゅ)戦(せん) (shusen)
• 小(しょう)戦(せん) (shōsen)
• 消(しょう)耗(もう)戦(せん) (shōmōsen)
• 水(すい)戦(せん) (suisen)
• 正(せい)戦(せん) (seisen)
• ゼロ戦(せん) (Zerosen)
• 前(ぜん)哨(しょう)戦(せん) (zenshōsen)
• 地(ち)上(じょう)戦(せん) (chijō-sen)
• 長(ちょう)期(き)戦(せん) (chōki-sen)
• 内(ない)戦(せん) (naisen)
• 難(なん)戦(せん) (nansen)
• 搏(はく)戦(せん) (hakusen)
• 白(はく)戦(せん) (hakusen)
• 白(はく)兵(へい)戦(せん) (hakuheisen)
• 紛(ふん)戦(せん) (funsen)
• 防(ぼう)衛(えい)戦(せん) (bōei-sen)
• 立(りっ)体(たい)戦(せん) (rittai-sen)
• 零(れい)戦(せん) (Reisen)

 

Proper noun

戦(せん) • (Sen) 

1. a surname

Kunigami

Kanji

戦

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: ひく゚さー (hikusā, 戦); たた゚ーか゚ん (thatākan, 戦ん)

Okinawan

Kanji

戦

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 戰)

Readings

• Kun: いくさ (ikusa, 戦, Jōyō); たたかゆん (tatakayun, 戦ゆん)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
戦
いくさ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
戰 (kyūjitai)

Cognate with Japanese 戦 (ikusa).

Shift in meaning from 軍 (ikusa, “soldier, army”), by extension of “archery”, and then to “an exchange of arrows → a battle”.

Pronunciation

• (Shuri-Naha) いくさ [ìkúsá] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ʔikusa]

Noun

戦(いくさ) (ikusa) 

1. a battle, combat, conflict, war

Derived terms

• 戦(いくさ)後(あとぅ) (ikusātu, “postwar, after the war; especially, after World War II”)
• 戦(いくさ)道(どー)具(ぐ) (ikusa dōgu, “instrument of war, tool of war”)
• 戦(いくさ)世(ゆー) (ikusayū, “war-torn era”)
• 勝(か)ち戦(いくさ) (kachi-ikusa, “victory”)
• 負(ま)き戦(いくさ) (maki-ikusa, “defeat”)