戦 — war, battle, match

いくさ戦 war

U+6226 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. JLPT 3 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test level. N5 is beginner, N1 is the most advanced. This kanji appears at the 3 level. Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes Freq #78 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2079 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

war
battle
match

word

たたか tataka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

戦(たたか) う tatakau to fight 戦(たたか) い tatakai battle

せん sen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

戦(せん) 争(そう) sensou war 戦(せん) sen war 戦(せん) 略(りゃく) senryaku strategy 挑(ちょう) 戦(せん) chousen challenge 戦(せん) 後(ご) sengo postwar 戦(せん) 闘(とう) sentou battle 作(さく) 戦(せん) sakusen strategy 大(たい) 戦(せん) taisen great war 観(かん) 戦(せん) kansen watching a game 対(たい) 戦(せん) taisen match 戦(せん) 前(ぜん) senzen prewar 戦(せん) 術(じゅつ) senjutsu tactics 戦(せん) 場(じょう) senjou battlefield 敗(はい) 戦(せん) haisen defeat 戦(せん) 士(し) senshi warrior

Stroke order

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