戦

See also: 戰 and 战

戦	U+6226, 戦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6226

← 戥
[U+6225]

CJK Unified Ideographs

戧 →
[U+6227]

Translingual

Traditional	戰
Shinjitai	戦
Simplified	战

Glyph origin

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

Han character

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

References

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

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

Shinjitai	戦
Kyūjitai	戰

Kanji

戦

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

Readings

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

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

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

Noun

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

歌(うた)戦(いくさ) (uta ikusa)
勝(か)ち戦(いくさ) (kachi-ikusa)
竹釘(たけくぎ)戦(いくさ) (takekugi ikusa)
弔(とむら)い戦(いくさ) (tomurai-ikusa)
一(ひと)戦(いくさ) (hito ikusa)
負(ま)け戦(いくさ) (make-ikusa)
私(わたくし)戦(いくさ) (watakushi ikusa)

Proverbs

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

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

Alternative spelling
戰 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 戰 (MC tsyenH).

Noun

戦(せん) • (sen)

Suffix

戦(せん) • (-sen)

(especially in sports) match, competition, contest

Derived terms

オープン戦(せん) (ōpun-sen)
延(えん)長(ちょう)戦(せん) (enchōsen)
局(きょく)所(しょ)戦(せん) (kyokusho-sen)
慶(けい)早(そう)戦(せん) (Kei-Sō-sen)
劇(げき)戦(せん), 激(げき)戦(せん) (gekisen)
後(こう)半(はん)戦(せん) (kōhan-sen)
交(こう)流(りゅう)戦(せん) (kōryū-sen)
持(じ)久(きゅう)戦(せん) (jikyū-sen)
終(しゅう)盤(ばん)戦(せん) (shūban-sen, “endgame”)
選(せん)挙(きょ)戦(せん) (senkyo-sen)
前(ぜん)半(はん)戦(せん) (zenhan-sen)
早(そう)慶(けい)-戦(せん) (Sō-Kei-sen)
争(そう)奪(だつ)戦(せん) (sōdatsusen)
タイトル戦(せん) (taitoru-sen)
打(だ)撃(げき)戦(せん) (dageki-sen)
投(とう)手(しゅ)戦(せん) (tōshu-sen)
貧(ひん)打(だ)戦(せん) (hinda-sen)
凡(ぼん)戦(せん) (bonsen)
乱(らん)打(だ)戦(せん) (randa-sen, “slugfest”)
リーグ戦(せん) (rīgu-sen)
決定戦(けっていせん) (ketteisen)

Affix

戦(せん) • (sen)

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

Derived terms

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

戦(せん) • (Sen)

a surname

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (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

Kanji

戦

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

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

Okinawan

Kanji

戦

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

Readings

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

Etymology

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

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

Noun

戦(いくさ) (ikusa)

a battle, combat, conflict, war

Derived terms

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

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

[SMK2-2] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (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