戦

war, battle, match

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

セン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

いくさおのの.くそよ.ぐたたか.うわなな.く

Nanori (名乗り)

せ

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:4

Strokes:13

JLPT:N3

Frequency:78

Vocabulary

セン

Word	Reading	Meaning
開戦	カイセン	outbreak of war; starting a war
観戦	カンセン	watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
休戦	キュウセン	cease-fire; truce; armistice
苦戦	クセン	hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
激戦	ゲキセン	fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
一戦	いっせん	battle; game; bout
決戦	けっせん	decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
接戦	せっせん	close contest; close match; close game; close race; close combat
戦国	せんごく	country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.); anybody's game
戦犯	せんぱん	war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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steadily, gradually advancing, finally, barely

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