Japanese Word Entry

戰い

Simplified Japanese form: 戦い

Kana:	たたかい
Romaji:	tatakai
Definitions:	battle, war, fight, conflict fight (against time, poverty, etc.), struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.), war (e.g. on drugs), battle (e.g. against nature) contest, competition, match, game
Alternative forms:	鬭い〔闘い〕【たたかい (tatakai) 】斗い【たたかい (tatakai) 】戰い【たたかい (tatakai) 】

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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

鬭	struggle, fight, compete, contend, (Cantonese) woodwork, carpentry

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄉㄡˋ (dòu), ㄉㄡˇ (dǒu)
Cantonese:	dau3
Japanese:	トウ (tou) / たたか.う (tatakau)、あらそ.う (arasou)
Vietnamese:	đấu, đấu

Variants

Simplified Chinese form:	斗
Simplified Japanese form:	闘
Semantic variant forms:	鬥、鬦

斗	Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper, dots and cross radical (no. 68), Chinese peck, liquid measure

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄉㄡˇ (dǒu), ㄉㄡˋ (dòu), ㄓㄨˇ (zhǔ)
Cantonese:	dau3
Japanese:	ト (to)、トウ (tou) / とます (tomasu)、ます (masu)、ひしゃく (hishaku)
Korean:	두 (du)
Vietnamese:	đẩu, đấu