Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
inherit, succeed, continue, patch, graft (tree)
Kun:
つ.ぐまま-
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
743 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 継続 【ケイゾク】 continuation, continuance, going on
  • 継承 【ケイショウ】 inheritance, succession, accession, share-alike, inheritance
  • 後継 【コウケイ】 succession, successor
  • 中継 【チュウケイ】 relay, hook-up, relay broadcasting

Kun reading compounds

  • 継ぐ 【つぐ】 to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.), to inherit, to take over, to follow, to patch (clothes), to mend, to repair, to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire), to replenish with, to feed with, to follow up with (e.g. remarks), to gather (one's breath)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • sucesión
  • herencia
  • pariente político
  • suceder
  • heredar
  • tener éxito

Portuguese

  • herdar
  • ser bem-sucedido
  • remendo
  • enxerto (árvore)

French

  • hériter
  • succession
  • relais
  • rapiécer
  • greffe (arbre)
1203 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
971 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3545 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
894 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1633 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2539 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1025 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1064 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
901 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1537 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1720 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
919 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1242 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1382 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27531 Morohashi
1360 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4501 New Nelson (John Haig)
1370 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1470 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1656 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2775 2001 Kanji
6a7.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-7 SKIP code
2991.9 Four corner code
1-23-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d99 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd
Parts:
Variants:
war, battle, match
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
78 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

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:
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