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Translingual

shinjitai

simplified

traditional

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from  ( → ).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic  + semantic  (halberd) – battling with a halberd.

Han character

(radical 62 +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火十戈 (FJI))

  1. war, fighting, battle

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 413, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11631
  • Dae Jaweon: page 756, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 1409, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6226

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Japanese

Noun

(hiragana いくさ, romaji ikusa)

  1. a conflict in which soldiers fight each other; a battle or war
  2. a soldier or warrior

Alternative forms

Suffix

(hiragana せん, romaji sen)

  1. match; competition

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Usage notes

Shinjitai

Compounds

Synonyms

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Last modified on 17 March 2013, at 04:09