戦 War

Radical Combination

• 単

  Simple
• 戈

  Drunkard

Meaning

Primary

War

Alternative

Battle

Mnemonic

A simple drunkard starting a war.

Hints

Imagine what the simple drunkard does, to start the war. They're not in their right mind, and the centaurs (getting you ready for the reading mnemonic!) are an easily offended people. Go ahead and run through the simple drunkard's actions toward the centaurs that start this war.

Readings

On’yomi

せん

Kun’yomi

たたか, いくさ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The simple drunkard started a war with the centaurs (せん)! This is especially unfortunate, because the centaurs are really good at battles because they're all automatically cavalry troops.

Hints

Imagine the war: humans vs centaurs. Tens of thousands clashing in battle.