zhàn

war

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
占 sound component

  Sound component

zhànzhān

  

divine

戈 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

spear

Evolution

战 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
战 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
战 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
战 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
战 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zhàn

war, fighting, battle; to fight; fight; war; battle

Most common words with 战
Freq.
Word
Meaning

战争

war

fight

挑战

to challenge

战斗

to fight

战略

strategy

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 61.2846% of movies

377th most common character in movies

145th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

Unicode

U+6218


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