zhàn to fight; fight; war

Made up of [ zhān to observe; to divine , spear radical 62]
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 9 strokes.
The phonetic 'zhan' is on the left side for once, 'spear' gives idea of conflict

Related characters


Also uses zhān component: diàn (shop) diǎn (spot) ; tiē (to stick) ; zhàn (station) ; zhān (to glue) ; zuān (to drill)
Also uses component: chéng (to succeed) dài (to respect) ; huò (maybe) ; jiān (narrow) ; (I (me)) ; (fifth (ordinal)) ; (martial) ; zài (to carry) ; zàng (treasury) ; zhǎo (to try to find)

Sounds same

zhàn (station)

Different tone

zhān (to observe) ; zhān (to glue)

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Pronunciation

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