TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
戰爭
ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ · zhànzhēng
noun — war; armed conflict
字源 FORM — what the parts do
戰battle; to fight; war (戰鬥的戰)zhàn單 (single/alone) at left; 戈 (spear) at right — a spear brought against one target; extended to: combat
爭to contend; to fight for; to compete (競爭的爭)zhēngtwo hands (爫 above, 彐 below) pulling opposite ends of the same thing — mutual seizure, contention
戰爭，戰鬥的戰，競爭的爭。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一支矛（單＋戈＝戰）；兩手互搶同一樣東西（爭）——這就是戰爭的形狀。
A spear (戰, 單+戈) against one; two hands fighting over the same thing (爭, two contending grips) — that is the shape of 戰爭.
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