Chinese symbol for “battle”
战斗
zhàn dòu
Traditional: 戰鬥
to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for battle is 战斗 (zhàn dòu), defined as: to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle; 场 (cháng),次 (cì).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “battle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 战 (戰) | zhàn | to fight; fight |
| 斗争 (鬥爭) | dòu zhēng | a struggle; fight |
| 役 | yì | forced labor; corvée |
| 较量 (較量) | jiào liàng | to pit oneself against sb; to compete with sb |
| 仗 | zhàng | weaponry; to hold (a weapon) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 战斗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 战争 (戰爭) | zhàn zhēng | war; conflict; 场 (cháng),次 (cì) |
| 战略 (戰略) | zhàn lüè | strategy |
| 挑战 (挑戰) | tiǎo zhàn | to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge |
| 作战 (作戰) | zuò zhàn | combat; to fight |
| 战士 (戰士) | zhàn shì | fighter; soldier |
| 斗争 (鬥爭) | dòu zhēng | a struggle; fight |
| 奋斗 (奮鬥) | fèn dòu | to strive; to struggle |
| 战斗机 (戰鬥機) | zhàn dòu jī | fighter (aircraft) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “battle”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.