战 zhàn to fight; fight; war
Made up of [占 zhān to observe; to divine , 戈 gē spear radical 62]Alternative traditional form of character: 戰
Made with 9 strokes.
The phonetic 'zhan' is on the left side for once, 'spear' gives idea of conflict
Related characters
Also uses 占 zhān component: 店 diàn (shop) 点 diǎn (spot) 贴 tiē (to stick) 站 zhàn (station) 粘 zhān (to glue) 钻 zuān (to drill)
Also uses 戈 gē component: 成 chéng (to succeed) 戴 dài (to respect) 或 huò (maybe) 戋 jiān (narrow) 我 wǒ (I (me)) 戊 wù (fifth (ordinal)) 武 wǔ (martial) 载 zài (to carry) 藏 zàng (treasury) 找 zhǎo (to try to find)
Sounds same
站 zhàn (station)Different tone
占 zhān (to observe) 粘 zhān (to glue)Pronunciation
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