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Japanese symbol for “wartime”

Romaji: senji
wartime

In Japanese, wartime is , read (senji).

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Meanings

  1. n wartime

Kanji and stroke order

war, battle, match
on: セン
kun: いくさ、たたか.う、おのの.く、そよ.ぐ
13 strokes · JLPT 2
time, hour
on: ジ
kun: とき、-どき
10 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
せんそう sensouwar
たたかい tatakaibattle; war; fight
さくせん sakusentactics; strategy
せんとう sentoubattle; fight; combat
ちょうせん chousenchallenge; defiance; dare
せんご sengopostwar period; period after Second World War
じかん jikantime
じだい jidaiperiod; epoch; era

See also: Chinese symbol for “wartime”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.