战
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to fight; fight; war; battle
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Dict coverage rank #179 U+6218
How 战 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
戈 (semantic, “spear”) + 占 (phonetic, zhàn)
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:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |