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戰

zhàn

war

Phonosemantic compound. 戈 represents the meaning and 單 represents the sound.

Components
單 sound component

單  Sound component

dān, shàn

  

single

戈 meaning component

戈  Meaning component

gē

  

spear

Evolution

戰 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
戰 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

战 (戰) 

zhàn

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

Most common words with 戰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

战争

war

战

fight

挑战

to challenge

战斗

to fight

战略

strategy

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tar-s

tsyenH

zhàn

to fear

*tar-s

tsyenH

zhàn

battle


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 61.2846% of movies

377th most common character in movies

145th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

战𢧐

Unicode

U+6230

Shuowen

“戰，鬭也。从戈，單聲。”


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