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战

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to fight; fight; war; battle

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How 战 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

戈 (semantic, “spear”) + 占 (phonetic, zhàn)

components: 占 戈

How to remember it

war · Heisig RSH #362

占 tell fortunes + fiesta

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 占

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 占 (zhàn) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
占 sound component 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

Words containing 战

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