战(zhàn)

HSK 49 strokesTrad. 戰

to fight

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Character information

Pinyin
zhàn
Meaning
to fight; fight; war; battle
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
戰

Origin & structure

Where 战 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰占戈

In this compound, the meaning comes from 戈 (spear); 占 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

占zhàn戈gē

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 战 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 战

Common words using 战 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zuò作zhàn战
HSK 6

combat

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lěng冷zhàn战
HSK 7-9

(US-Soviet) Cold War

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yī一zhàn战

World War I (1914-1918)

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èr二zhàn战

World War II

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jiāo交zhàn战

to fight; to wage war

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shì世jiè界dà大zhàn战

world war

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bìng并jiān肩zuò作zhàn战

(idiom) to fight side by side; (by extension) to join forces

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èr二cì次dà大zhàn战

World War Two

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Related characters

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丈与严临之乎亚企

From 战’s common words

作冷一二交世界大

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