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Chinese symbol for “combat”

作战
zuò zhàn
Traditional: 作戰
combat; to fight

The closest CC-CEDICT match for combat is 作战 (zuò zhàn), defined as: combat; to fight.

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

作 zuò
to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
战 zhàn
war, fighting, battle
radical 62 ⼽ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “combat”

WordPinyinMeaning
搏bóto fight; to combat
防制fáng zhì(Tw) to combat (bullying, money laundering etc); to counter
防堵fáng dǔto prevent; to combat

Related words

Other words that share a character with 作战.

WordPinyinMeaning
工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
作为 (作為)zuò wéione's conduct; deed
合作hé zuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
作品zuò pǐnwork (of art); opus
作用zuò yòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity
制作 (製作)zhì zuòto make; to manufacture
战争 (戰爭)zhàn zhēngwar; conflict; 场 (cháng),次 (cì)
战略 (戰略)zhàn lüèstrategy

See also: Japanese symbol for “combat”.

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.

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