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Kanji-of-the-Day: ‘war’ = 戦

Posted in: Kanji by admin on April 1, 2011

The kanji for 'war': 戦Today’s kanji from the iStart Japanese! Team is: “war” = 戦.
It has 13 strokes.

The most common readings of this kanji character are: “SEN” 「セン」, “ikusa” 「いくさ」 and “tataka~” 「たたか〜」.
For example: SENSŌ「戦争」= war, battle.
Also: ikusa「戦」= war, fight, battle.
And: tatakaimasu「戦います」= war, fight, battle, match, game, contest.