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戦争

せんそう

war, battle

Mnemonic

The fighting and the pulling against each other that started it, welded into one word. Iraq, in 2003, with every sensor せんそう in the sky watching: せんそう.

Worth knowing

戦い たたかい is a battle or a struggle in general and 戦闘 せんとう is the combat itself. 戦争 is the whole war.

Built from

war, fight
戈 a halberd stood up on the right, the weapon half of the character.
contend, dispute
Two hands pulling at the same object from opposite ends, and neither of them letting go of it.

Words sharing these kanji

to wage war, to fight war, battle tactic, strategy battle, fight

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