Hanja Analyzer
戰

戰 — jeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
싸움 전
Romanization
jeon
English
war, fighting, battle
Mandarin
zhàn
Japanese on'yomi
セン
Japanese kun'yomi
いくさ たたか.う おのの.く そよぐ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Japanese standard form
戦 (Grade 4)
Strokes
16
Radical
戈 (62, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
單
Unicode
U+6230

Parts that make up 戰

  • 單 홑 단, 고을이름 선sound 갈래진 사냥 도구홑. ‘단·선·탄’ 계열의 소리
  • 戈 창 과 자루 긴 창무기와 싸움

How 戰 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 戰 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 單, 戈.

Korean example words with 戰

  • 실전實戰 Korean gloss: 실제의 싸움
  • 일전一戰 Korean gloss: 한바탕 싸움
  • 전사戰史 Korean gloss: 전쟁의 역사
  • 전흔戰痕 Korean gloss: 전쟁의 흔적
  • 승전勝戰 Korean gloss: 싸움에서 이김
  • 염전厭戰 Korean gloss: 전쟁을 싫어함
  • 웅전雄戰 Korean gloss: 씩씩하게 싸움
  • 전승戰勝 Korean gloss: 싸움에서 이김
  • 전진戰塵 Korean gloss: 싸움터의 소란
  • 전마戰馬 Korean gloss: 전쟁에 쓰는 말
  • 전선戰船 Korean gloss: 전투에 쓰는 배
  • 대전對戰 Korean gloss: 서로 맞서서 싸움

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 單

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

僤 匰 嘽 墠 嬋 幝 彈 憚 殫 癉 禪 簞 蟬 觶 鄲 闡 驒 鱓 鼉

Other hanja read “전”

伝 佃 佺 倎 傎 傳 全 典 前 剪 吮 唸 囀 塡 填 塼 奠 嫥 専 專 屇 展 巓 巔 廛 悛 戦 戩 揃 旃 栓 栴 槙 殿 氈 湔 澱 澶 瀍 煎 牋 牷 猠 琠 甎 田 甸 畋 畑 畠 痊 瘨 癜 癲 磚 筌 箋 箭 篆 籛

Other hanja with radical 戈

戈 戊 戌 戍 戎 成 我 戒 戔 戕 或 戚 戛 戝 戞 戟 戡 戢 戣 戦 戧 戩 截 戮 戯 戱 戲 戳 戴 戵

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