漢字道KANJIDO

13 strokesRadical

7Elementary year 413 strokesRadical
On
セン
Kun
いくさ・たたか(う)
Meaning
war; fight

Origin

ORIGIN

Phonetic-semantic: 戈 (halberd, a weapon) for meaning and 単 for sound; to fight with weapons, 'war, battle.'

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

セン戦争・苦戦・論戦
いくさ戦・勝ち戦
たたかう戦う・戦い

Compare: 闘う

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 戦争せんそう

    war

  • 作戦さくせん

    strategy, operation

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

昔、大きな戦争がありました。

Long ago, there was a big war.

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