战

戰
zhàn
#145 most
frequent character
to fight, fight, war, battle

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

战 combines 占 zhàn, the sound part, with 戈, a lance-like weapon. A weapon points to the first sense 'to fight'. From there it grew to 'war' and 'to debate, retort'.

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Homophones

HSK 3
站zhàn
station, to stand, to halt, to stop
占zhàn
to take possession of, to occupy

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