戦 — kanji meaning “war”
戦
war, battle, match
- Meanings
- war, battle, match
- On'yomi
- セン (sen)
- Kun'yomi
- いくさ、たたか.う、おのの.く、そよ.ぐ、わなな.く
- Name readings
- せ
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #78 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 62
- Chinese reading
- zhàn
Words with 戦
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 戦争 | せんそう sensou | war |
| 戦い | たたかい tatakai | battle; war; fight |
| 作戦 | さくせん sakusen | tactics; strategy |
| 戦闘 | せんとう sentou | battle; fight; combat |
| 挑戦 | ちょうせん chousen | challenge; defiance; dare |
| 戦後 | せんご sengo | postwar period; period after Second World War |
| 大戦 | たいせん taisen | great war; great battle |
| 戦車 | せんしゃ sensha | tank (military vehicle) |
| 戦前 | せんぜん senzen | pre-war days; before the war |
| 戦場 | せんじょう senjou | battlefield; battleground |
| 戦う | たたかう tatakau | to make war (on); to wage war (against); to go to war (with) |
| 敗戦 | はいせん haisen | defeat; lost battle; losing a war |
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