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戦

13 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd 戈
Parts:
十 尚 戈 田
Variants:
戰
war, battle, match
Kun:
いくさ、 たたか.う、 おのの.く、 そよ.ぐ、 わなな.く
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
78 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 戦 【セン】 war, battle, match, game, competition
  • 戦域 【センイキ】 war area, battlefield, theater, theatre
  • 開戦 【カイセン】 outbreak of war, starting a war
  • 回戦 【カイセン】 event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc., nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)

Kun reading compounds

  • 戦 【いくさ】 war, battle, campaign, fight, troops, forces
  • 戦場 【せんじょう】 battlefield, battleground
  • 負け戦 【まけいくさ】 losing a battle, lost battle, battle one cannot win, battle one is doomed to lose
  • 野合戦 【のがっせん】 battle in the open, battle on an open field
  • 戦う 【たたかう】 to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against), to compete (against), to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to fight, to contend, to resist
  • 戦く 【おののく】 to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.), to shudder, to tremble
  • 戦ぐ 【そよぐ】 to rustle, to sway, to stir, to flutter
  • 戦慄く 【わななく】 to tremble, to shiver, to shake

Readings

Japanese names:
せ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhan4
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • guerra
  • batalla
  • lucha
  • pelear
  • batallar
  • combatir
  • luchar

Portuguese

  • guerra
  • batalha
  • disputa

French

  • guerre
  • bataille
  • match
448 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
555 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
526 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
88 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1810 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
399 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
550 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
301 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
301 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
360 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
839 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2242 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1169 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1590 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1948 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11631P Morohashi
1787 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2037 New Nelson (John Haig)
1929 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2079 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
32 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
608 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
959 2001 Kanji
4n9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
9355.0 Four corner code
3355.0 Four corner code
1-32-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6226 Unicode hex code

争

6 strokes
Radical:
hook 亅
Parts:
一 亅 勹 ヨ
Variants:
爭
contend, dispute, argue
Kun:
あらそ.う、 いか.でか
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
271 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 争奪 【ソウダツ】 struggle (for), scramble, contest
  • 争議 【ソウギ】 dispute, quarrel, strike
  • 係争 【ケイソウ】 dispute, contention, conflict, controversy
  • 政争 【セイソウ】 political strife

Kun reading compounds

  • 争う 【あらそう】 to compete, to contest, to contend, to quarrel, to argue, to dispute, to be at variance, to oppose, to deny (e.g. evidence)
  • 争うべからざる 【あらそうべからざる】 indisputable

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng1
Korean:
jaeng

Spanish

  • pelear
  • disputar
  • discutir
  • competir

Portuguese

  • lutar
  • disputar
  • discutir

French

  • se quereller
  • se disputer
451 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
558 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
529 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
271 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
186 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
311 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
295 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
344 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
302 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
302 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
361 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
274 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2523 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1749 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1162 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
236 Morohashi
2030 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
69 New Nelson (John Haig)
1154 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1238 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
107 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
467 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2547 2001 Kanji
2n4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2750.7 Four corner code
1-33-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e89 Unicode hex code

犠

17 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
一 亅 并 手 戈 牛 王 羊
Variants:
犧
sacrifice
Kun:
いけにえ
On:
ギ、 キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1189 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 犠牲者 【ギセイシャ】 victim (esp. someone killed), casualty
  • 犠牲 【ギセイ】 sacrifice, victim (esp. someone killed), casualty, sacrifice (to a deity)
  • 供犠 【クギ】 sacrifice, sacrificial animal

Kun reading compounds

  • 生贄 【いけにえ】 (living) sacrifice, victim, scapegoat

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1
Korean:
heui

Spanish

  • sacrificio
  • chivo expiatorio
  • víctima

Portuguese

  • Sacrifício

French

  • sacrifice
1140 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1292 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2865 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1811 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1522 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
728 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
741 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
937 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1294 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1394 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
746 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1010 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
650 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20190P Morohashi
1089 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3550 New Nelson (John Haig)
643 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
693 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1874 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2459 2001 Kanji
4g13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-13 SKIP code
2855.3 Four corner code
1-21-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
72a0 Unicode hex code

牲

9 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
牛 生
animal sacrifice, offering
On:
セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1274 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng1
Korean:
saeng

Spanish

  • sacrificio
  • ofrenda
  • víctima

Portuguese

  • Sacrifício animal
  • oferta

French

  • sacrifice animal
  • offrande
1474 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1420 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2858 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1812 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1521 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
830 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
729 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
742 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
938 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1292 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1133 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
612 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
813 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1573 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19986 Morohashi
907 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3539 New Nelson (John Haig)
1559 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1680 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1278 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2472 2001 Kanji
4g5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
2551.0 Four corner code
1-32-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7272 Unicode hex code

者

8 strokes
Radical:
old 老 (耂)
Parts:
老 日
Variants:
者
someone, person
Kun:
もの
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
  • 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
  • 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender

Kun reading compounds

  • 者 【もの】 person
  • 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
  • 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
  • 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • alguém
  • pessoa

French

  • personne
  • quelqu'un
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
298 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
22 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3685 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
56 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
769 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
164 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1578 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3980 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2765 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1264 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28852 Morohashi
3211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4698 New Nelson (John Haig)
1256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1345 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
19 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
302 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-4 SKIP code
4-8-2 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4460.0 Four corner code
1-28-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8005 Unicode hex code