战 zhàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- Made of
- 占 to divine 戈 spear, lance, halberd
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
战斗
zhàndòu
battle; to fight
Characters in this word
斗 dòu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 斗 — to struggle, to fight, to contend
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 战斗很激烈。 Zhàndòu hěn jīliè. The battle is very fierce.
- 他们在战斗。 Tāmen zài zhàndòu. They are fighting.
- 游戏里战斗多。 Yóuxì lǐ zhàndòu duō. There are many battles in the game.
Related words
- 挑战 tiǎozhàn challenge
- 战胜 zhànshèng to defeat; to overcome
- 战士 zhànshì soldier; fighter
- 战争 zhànzhēng war
- 奋斗 fèndòu to struggle; to work hard
- 敌人 dírén enemy
- 阵 zhèn a burst (measure word)
- 指挥 zhǐhuī to direct; to command
- 士兵 shìbīng soldier
- 征服 zhēngfú to conquer; to win over
- 兵 bīng soldier
- 被迫 bèipò to be forced