漢字城 Kanji Fortress

戦 war

Also: battle

On'yomi
セン
Kun'yomi
いくさ、たたか-う
Strokes
13
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 4

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): たたか-う.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
戦 is written in 13 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A single (単) soldier lifts his halberd (戈) and runs into battle — one man, one weapon, a whole war.

A common word

  • 戦争 せんそう war

Example sentences

  • せんそうがおわって、みんないえにかえった。

    The war ended and everyone went home.

  • さいごまでたたかうつもりです。

    I intend to fight to the very end.

Kanji that share a part

戈 is its radical.

  • 成 become
  • 戒 commandment N2
  • 威 intimidate N2
  • 蔵 storehouse N2
  • 繊 slender N2
  • 伐 fell N1
  • 我 ego N1
  • 戯 play N1

単 is a component.

  • 弾 bullet N2
  • 禅 Zen N2
  • 蝉 cicada N1