漢字道KANJIDO

14 strokesRadical

1University / general (hardest)14 strokesRadical
On
ザン・セン
Kun
ほり・あな
Meaning
trench; moat

Origin

ORIGIN

Earth 土 with 斬 "to cut" as phonetic: a ditch cut into the ground.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 塹壕ざんごう

    trench

  • 塹壕戦ざんごうせん

    trench warfare

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

第一次大戦は塹壕戦が長く続いた。

The First World War saw long years of trench warfare.

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