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戦 kanji
war, battle, match
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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On readings
セン
Kun readings
いくさたたかうおののくそよぐわななく
Variant forms
戰Words with 戦
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —戦陣battle array; battle formation; battlefield
- —戦敗defeat in war
- —戦備preparations for war
- —戦雲war clouds; threat of war
- —戦傷war wound
- —戦意will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
- —戦跡old battlefield
- —戦歴military service; combat experience
- —戦塵battle dust; the tumult of war
- —戦旗battle flag
- —戦端start of a war; beginning of hostilities
- —戦機time for battle; military secrets; strategy
- —臨戦preparing for action or battle
- —乱戦confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble
- —本戦final selection (in a competition, match, etc.)
- —好戦belligerence
- —砲戦artillery battle
- —棋戦go or shogi tournament
- —戦斧battleaxe
- —振戦tremor (muscular); trembling; shaking