戦

See also: 戰 and 战

戦	U+6226, 戦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6226

← 戥
[U+6225]

CJK Unified Ideographs

戧 →
[U+6227]

Translingual edit

Traditional	戰
Shinjitai	戦
Simplified	战

Glyph origin edit

Japanese shinjitai, simplified from 戰 (單 → 単).

Han character edit

戦 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 火十戈 (FJI), four-corner 9345₀, composition ⿰単戈)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 413, character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11631
Dae Jaweon: page 756, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1409, character 4
Unihan data for U+6226

Chinese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 戦 – see 戰 (“to fight a battle; to go to war; war; battle; fight; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 戰).

Japanese edit

Shinjitai	戦
Kyūjitai	戰

Kanji edit

戦

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 戰)

Readings edit

Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
Kun: いくさ (ikusa, 戦, Jōyō); たたかう (tatakau, 戦う, Jōyō)^{←たたかふ (tatakafu, 戦ふ, historical)}; たたかい (tatakai, 戦い)^{←たたかひ (tatakafi, 戦ひ, historical)}; おののき (ononoki, 戦き)^{←をののき (wononoki, 戦き, historical)}; おののく (ononoku, 戦く)^{←をののく (wononoku, 戦く, historical)}; そよぎ (soyogi, 戦ぎ); そよぐ (soyogu, 戦ぐ); そよがす (soyogasu, 戦がす); わななく (wananaku, 戦く)

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
戦
いくさ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
戰 (kyūjitai)

Shift in meaning from 軍 (ikusa, “soldier, army”), by extension of “archery”, and then to “an exchange of arrows → a battle”.

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) いくさ [ìkúsáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) いくさ [ìkúsá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ikɯ̟ᵝsa̠]

Noun edit

戦(いくさ) • (ikusa)

(archaic) a battle, conflict, fight, war
Synonyms: 合戦 (kassen), 攻戦 (kōsen), 戦争 (sensō), 戦い (tatakai)

Derived terms edit

Proverbs edit

戦(いくさ)を見(み)て矢(や)を矧(は)ぐ (ikusa o mite ya o hagu, literally “fletching an arrow while seeing a battle”)

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
戦
せん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
戰 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 戰 (MC tsyenH).

Noun edit

戦(せん) • (sen)

Suffix edit

戦(せん) • (-sen)

(especially in sports) match, competition, contest

Derived terms edit

Affix edit

戦(せん) • (sen)

battle, conflict, fight, war
shivering, shuddering, trembling

Derived terms edit

戦(せん)戦(せん), 戦(せん)々(せん) (sensen)
戦(せん)意(い) (sen'i, “fighting spirit”)
戦(せん)役(えき) (sen'eki)
戦(せん)禍(か) (senka, “war damage”)
戦(せん)技(ぎ) (sengi)
戦(せん)記(き) (senki, “war chronicle”)
戦(せん)況(きょう) (senkyō, “war situation”)
戦(せん)勲(くん) (senkun)
戦(せん)訓(くん) (senkun)
戦(せん)鼓(こ) (senko)
戦(せん)功(こう) (senkō)
戦(せん)国(ごく) (sengoku)
戦(せん)債(さい) (sensai)
戦(せん)事(じ) (senji)
戦(せん)士(し) (senshi, “soldier”)
戦(せん)車(しゃ) (sensha, “tank”)
戦(せん)術(じゅつ) (senjutsu, “tactic, tactics”)
戦(せん)書(しょ) (sensho)
戦(せん)勝(しょう) (senshō, “victory, triumph”)
戦(せん)場(じょう) (senjō, “battlefield”)
戦(せん)陣(じん) (senjin)
戦(せん)勢(せい) (sensei)
戦(せん)前(ぜん) (senzen, “pre-war”)
戦(せん)線(せん) (sensen, “frontline”)
戦(せん)争(そう) (sensō, “war”)
戦(せん)隊(たい) (sentai, “military squadron”)
戦(せん)闘(とう) (sentō, “battle, combat”)
戦(せん)亡(ぼう) (senbō)
戦(せん)法(ぽう) (senpō, “tactic”)
戦(せん)袍(ぽう) (senpō)
戦(せん)没(ぼつ) (senbotsu, “death in war”)
戦(せん)友(ゆう) (sen'yū)
戦(せん)慄(りつ) (senritsu, “shudder”)
戦(せん)略(りゃく) (senryaku, “strategy”)
一(いっ)戦(せん) (issen)
鏖(おう)戦(せん) (ōsen)
外(がい)戦(せん) (gaisen)
海(かい)戦(せん) (kaisen)
火(か)戦(せん) (kasen)
合(かっ)戦(せん) (kassen)
火(か)兵(へい)戦(せん) (kaheisen)
酣(かん)戦(せん) (kansen)
擬(ぎ)戦(せん) (gisen)
騎(き)戦(せん) (kisen)
休(きゅう)戦(せん) (kyūsen, “truce”)
空(くう)戦(せん) (kūsen)
空(くう)中(ちゅう)戦(せん) (kūchūsen)
継(けい)戦(せん) (keisen)
故(こ)戦(せん) (kosen)
合(こう)戦(せん) (kōsen)
作(さく)戦(せん) (sakusen, “military operation”)
死(し)戦(せん) (shisen)
私(し)戦(せん) (shisen)
守(しゅ)戦(せん) (shusen)
小(しょう)戦(せん) (shōsen)
消(しょう)耗(もう)戦(せん) (shōmōsen)
水(すい)戦(せん) (suisen)
正(せい)戦(せん) (seisen)
ゼロ戦(せん) (Zerosen)
前(ぜん)哨(しょう)戦(せん) (zenshōsen)
地(ち)上(じょう)戦(せん) (chijō-sen)
長(ちょう)期(き)戦(せん) (chōki-sen)
内(ない)戦(せん) (naisen)
難(なん)戦(せん) (nansen)
搏(はく)戦(せん) (hakusen)
白(はく)戦(せん) (hakusen)
白(はく)兵(へい)戦(せん) (hakuheisen)
紛(ふん)戦(せん) (funsen)
防(ぼう)衛(えい)戦(せん) (bōei-sen)
立(りっ)体(たい)戦(せん) (rittai-sen)
零(れい)戦(せん) (Reisen)

Proper noun edit

戦(せん) • (Sen)

a surname

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

Kunigami edit

Kanji edit

戦

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Kun: ひく゚さー (hikusā, 戦); たた゚ーか゚ん (thatākan, 戦ん)

Okinawan edit

Kanji edit

戦

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 戰)

Readings edit

Kun: いくさ (ikusa, 戦, Jōyō); たたかゆん (tatakayun, 戦ゆん)

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
戦
いくさ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
戰 (kyūjitai)

Cognate with Japanese 戦 (ikusa).

Shift in meaning from 軍 (ikusa, “soldier, army”), by extension of “archery”, and then to “an exchange of arrows → a battle”.

Pronunciation edit

(Shuri-Naha) いくさ [ìkúsá] (Heiban - [0])
IPA^(key): [ʔikusa]

Noun edit

戦(いくさ) (ikusa)

a battle, combat, conflict, war

Derived terms edit

戦(いくさ)後(あとぅ) (ikusātu, “postwar, after the war; especially, after World War II”)
戦(いくさ)道(どー)具(ぐ) (ikusa dōgu, “instrument of war, tool of war”)
戦(いくさ)世(ゆー) (ikusayū, “war-torn era”)
勝(か)ち戦(いくさ) (kachi-ikusa, “victory”)
負(ま)き戦(いくさ) (maki-ikusa, “defeat”)

References edit

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK2-2] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō

[ZAJ-3] Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

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