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戦 means 'battle'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 76   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Challenge set: 1    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 7    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 181 words   Used in 685 words   Used in 74 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   セン
Kun
   いくさ battle, war   たたかう to do battle
Additional readings
Kun    おののく   そよぐ   わななく
Name    せ
Variants
(Chinese) 战   戰  
Components
⿰  単 simple  戈 spear; javelin  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 戦 is used 44 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 戦 is used 673 times, read 6 ways.
セン : 642 words FIND ALL
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いくさ : 6 words FIND ALL
noun
1. war; battle; campaign; fight
2. troops; forces  (archaic)
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たたかう : 20 words FIND ALL
noun
battle; fight; struggle; conflict
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おののく : 3 words FIND ALL
noun
shudder; shiver; agitation
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そよぐ : 1 word FIND ALL
'gu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter  (often written with kana only)
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わななく : 1 word FIND ALL
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
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Additional data
Henshall: 555 (originally: 526)  Joy o' Kanji : 526  Key to Kanji: 633 

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戦
セン   いくさ battle, war   たたかう to do battle   
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単
タン    simple   
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3
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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丨
stick   
⺍
しょう    こ    ちいさい small   
田
デン   た rice field   
2
戈
spear; javelin
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