The kanji 戦: meaning, readings and stroke order

戦

Meaning: fight, battle
On reading: セン sen
Kun reading: いくさ ikusa、たたか（う） tatakau
Strokes: 13
Radical: 戈 spear, halberd
Level: Level 4 · grade 4
Old form: 戰

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chiến đấu, trận đánh (chiến)
Japanese: たたかう。いくさ。
Korean: 싸우다, 싸움 (전)
Chinese: 战斗、打仗 (战)

Readings, words and example sentences

セン sen · on reading

作さく戦せん
plan (to win a game or battle)
みんなで 作さく戦せんを考えます。
We think up a plan together.

いくさ ikusa · kun reading · less common

戦いくさ
battle, war (old word)
むかしの 戦いくさの話です。
This is a story about a battle long ago.

たたか（う） tatakau · kun reading

戦たたかう
to fight, to play against
決勝で強い相手と 戦たたかいます。
In the final, we play against a strong team.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.