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战

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to fight; fight; war; battle

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HSK 3.0
Level 4
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
9
Radical
戈 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
战
Common rank
#179
Unicode
U+6218

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 战 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

戈 meaning “spear” + 占 sound ( zhàn )

Components 占 戈

How to remember it

war · Heisig RSH #362

占 tell fortunes + fiesta

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 战

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
化学战 huà xué zhàn chemical warfare
德国战车 Dé guó zhàn chē Rammstein (German metal band)
口水战 kǒu shuǐ zhàn war of words
生物战 shēng wù zhàn germ warfare; biological warfare
不战不和 bù zhàn bù hé neither war nor peace
心理战 xīn lǐ zhàn psychological warfare; psychological operations; psyop
长平之战 Cháng píng zhī Zhàn Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军[Qin2 jun1] encircled and annihi…
大战 dà zhàn war; to wage war
一战 Yī zhàn World War I (1914–1918)
战区 zhàn qū war zone; combat zone; (military) theater of operations
战国 Zhàn guó the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
心战 xīn zhàn psychological warfare; (literary) to be inwardly terrorized
战地 zhàn dì battlefield
战马 zhàn mǎ warhorse
反生物战 fǎn shēng wù zhàn biological (warfare) defense
海战 hǎi zhàn sea warfare; naval battle
战机 zhàn jī opportunity in a battle; fighter aircraft; war secret
会战 huì zhàn (military) to meet for a decisive battle; (military) battle; (fig.) large-scale concerted …
战国时代 Zhàn guó Shí dài the Warring States period (475-221 BC); Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
战法 zhàn fǎ military strategy

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 占 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
占 sound part zhàn to divine; to observe; to versify
点 diǎn dot, point, speck
站 zhàn stand, station; to halt, to stand; website; measure word for stands and stations
店 diàn shop, store; inn, hotel
贴 tiē to stick, to paste; attached; allowance, subsidy
钻 zuàn diamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce
黏 nián to stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue
沾 zhān to moisten, to soak, to wet; to touch
粘 zhān viscous, sticky, mucous, glutinous
毡 zhān felt; rug, carpet
砧 zhēn anvil, flat stone
玷 diàn character flaw; a flaw in a gem
坫 diàn a stand on which to replace goblets after drinking
苫 shān rush or straw matting
飐 zhǎn to sway in the wind
扂 diàn door latch
鲇 nián sheatfish; Parasilurus asotus