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zhàn

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zhàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhàn | zhan4
English translation
war, fighting, battle

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About zhàn

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

zhàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

spear

Etymology of zhàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

單戈

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

dān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhàn represents the sound. Simplified form of zhàn .

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Words with zhàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
战争 zhànzhēng war戰爭
zhàn fight zhàn
挑战 tiǎozhàn to challenge挑戰
战斗 zhàndòu to fight戰鬥
战略 zhànlüè strategy戰略
战士 zhàn shì fighter戰士
战胜 zhàn shèng to defeat戰勝
作战 zuò zhàn combat作戰
战术 zhànshù tactics戰術
战场 zhàn chǎng battlefield戰場
大战 dà zhàn war大戰
战役 zhànyì military campaign戰役
开战 kāi zhàn to start a war開戰
战机 zhàn jī war secret戰機
战线 zhàn xiàn battle line戰線
战友 zhàn yǒu comrade-in-arms戰友
战斗机 zhàn dòu jī fighter (aircraft)戰鬥機
二战 Èr zhàn World War II二戰
备战 bèi zhàn prepared against war備戰
战利品 zhàn lì pǐn spoils of war戰利品
战绩 zhàn jì military successes戰績
迎战 yíng zhàn to meet the enemy head-on迎戰
内战 nèi zhàn civil war內戰

zhàn Decomposition & Compounds

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