战争 zhànzhēng

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Traditional form

戰爭

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

战 zhàn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 戈 gē represents the meaning and 占 zhàn represents the sound. Simplified form of 戰 zhàn .

Phonetic compound

占 zhàn

Semantic compound

戈 gē

Positional decomposition

⿰占戈

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争 zhēng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 爭 zhēng . Pictograph of multiple hands grabbing at the same object.

Positional decomposition

⿱⺈⿻彐亅

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谁 shéi 也 Yě 不 bù 愿 yuàn 为 wéi 非 Fēi 正义 zhèngyì 战争 zhànzhēng 卖命 mài mìng .

None want to die in an unjust war.

有 yǒu 二百名 míng 骑兵 qí bīng 卷入 juǎn rù 了 le 这场战争 zhànzhēng .

Two hundred horse were [ was ] engaged in the war.

我 wǒ 读 dòu 过 Guò 长篇 cháng piān 巨 jù 著 zhù 《战争 zhànzhēng 与 yú 和平 Hépíng 》.

I read the epic work " War and Peace ".

一八六零年 Nián , 战争 zhànzhēng 结束 jiéshù , 订立 dìng lì 《北京 Běijīng 条约 tiáoyuē 》,九龙半岛正式 zhèngshì 割让 gē ràng 予 yú 英国 Yīng guó .

The Convention of Peking in 1860 , which ended the hostilities, provided for its outright cession.

在 zài 十七 shí qī 世纪 shìjì , 泰国 Tài guó 国王 guówáng 为 wéi 战争 zhànzhēng 训练 xùnliàn 了 le 两 liǎng 万 Mò 头 tóu 大象 dàxiàng .

In the seventeenth century, a Thai king trained 20,000 elephants for battle.

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 战争 zhànzhēng and their own compounds.

战 zhàn

占 zhàn

口 kǒu , 卜 bo

戈 gē

弋 yì , 丿 piě

争 zhēng

肀 yù , 

See all 13 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 战争 zhànzhēng in their composition.

战 zhàn

争 zhēng

静 jìng

净 jìng , 挣 zhēng , 睁 zhēng , 筝 zhēng , 狰 zhēng , 铮 zhēng , 峥 zhēng , 诤 zhēng , 婙 jìng , 浄 jìng , 踭, 鬇

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