戦闘

せんとう · sentou · JLPT N1 · noun

battle

⚔️ 戦 (war) + 闘 (fight) = battle: war plus fight stacked together

戦 is the war/battle character and 闘 is the struggle/fight character. Joined, they name a battle or combat. The reading splits the same way: せん from 戦, とう from 闘.

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