Japanese Word Entry

戰國

Simplified Japanese form: 戦国

Kana:	せんごく
Romaji:	sengoku
Definitions:	country in civil war, country disarrayed by war Warring States period (Japan, China) competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants, hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.), anybody's game

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Chinese characters used in this word

戰	war, fighting, battle

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄓㄢˋ (zhàn)
Cantonese:	zin3
Japanese:	セン (sen) / いくさ (ikusa)、たたか.う (tatakau)、おのの.く (ononoku)、そよぐ (soyogu)
Korean:	전 (jeon)
Vietnamese:	chiến

Variants

Simplified Chinese form:	战
Simplified Japanese form:	戦

國	country, nation, nation-state

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄍㄨㄛˊ (guó)
Cantonese:	gwok3
Japanese:	コク (koku) / くに (kuni)
Korean:	국 (gug)
Vietnamese:	quốc

Variants

Simplified Chinese form:	国
Simplified Japanese form:	国
Semantic variant form:	囯