Chinese Characters for War: Zh?n Zh?ng ??

By Cindy Chan
Epoch Times Staff Created: February 22, 2013 Last Updated: February 22, 2013

Chinese Characters for War (Zh?n Zh?ng)

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The Chinese character combination ?? (zh?n zh?ng) stands for war, as does the first character alone, ? (zh?n).

The character ? (ji?) on the bottom right-hand side of ? is the character for armour, while ? (g?) on the left-hand side refers to a halberd, spear, or lance, and is also the name of an ancient dagger-axe.

The Warring States Period (475?221 B.C.) of China, an era characterized by war, violence, chaos, and fragmentation, is referred to as ???? (zh?n gu? sh? d?i) or simply ?? (zh?n gu?) in Chinese.

The second character of ??, ? (zh?ng), means to fight or dispute. It is commonly used in character combinations that convey the meaning of struggling, striving, and quarreling, such as ?? (zh?ng du?), to struggle for or to contend; ?? (j?ng zh?ng), to compete; and ?? (zh?ng zh?) or ?? (zh?ng l?n), to argue, dispute, or debate.

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