戰
- battle, fight, war;
- to fight, to wage war;
- to tremble;
Etymology
Phono-semantic compound:
戈 (halberd, spear) – semantic, indicating weapons/warfare.
單 (single, alone) – phonetic element.
Originally denoted the act of combat. In early usage the sound value was close to 單, hence its choice as phonetic. Over time the modern pronunciation diverged, and in Simplified Chinese the phonetic component was altered to 占, yielding 战.
Usage in Korean
戰爭 (전쟁) – war
戰鬪 (전투) – battle, combat
內戰 (내전) – civil war
戰國 (전국) – Warring States
戰慄 (전율) – shiver, tremble
Words that derived from 戰
- 격전(激戰)–fierce battle; ferocious battle
- 고전(苦戰)–desperate struggle; tough game; fighting hard
- 도전(挑戰)–challenge
- 선전(善戰)–fighting well; good fight
- 성전(聖戰)–holy war; religious war
- 세계 대전(世界大戰)–world war
- 작전(作戰)–maneuver; tactics; strategy; operation
- 전과(戰果)–record
- 전략(戰略)–strategy; war strategy; battle strategy
- 전사(戰死)–death at war
- 전세(戰勢)–progress of battle; situation of war
- 전시(戰時)–wartime
- 전장(戰場)–battlefield
- 전쟁(戰爭)–war; hell
- 전투(戰鬪)–battle
- 전투기(戰鬪機)–fighter jet
- 전투복(戰鬪服)–battle uniform
- 패전(敗戰)–lost battle; defeat
- 휴전(休戰)–ceasefire; truce
Additional notes
In Modern Chinese, can also mean to engage in combat or to tremble with fear/emotion.
戰
싸울
전
ssaul
jeon
Kangxi radical:62, 戈 + 12
Strokes:16
Unicode:U+6230
Cangjie input:
- 口十戈 (RJI)
Composition:
- ⿰ 單 戈
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