TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
戰
戰 ＝ 單 ＋ 戈
ㄓㄢˋ · zhàn
noun/verb — war; to fight
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IT≠dān → zhàn — past one family; 單's own series scatters: 彈 tán、禪 chán
戈義a dagger-axe
A dagger-axe (戈) with 單 dān for the sound — itself the old picture of a forked hunting weapon; the initial wears from d to zh. Two weapons in one graph: the fight, 戰爭, 作戰. The body shaking as if in a fight is 戰抖 — the graph borrowed for 顫.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩邊的戈（戈）都舉起來了，誰也不退。
Dagger-axes (戈) up on both sides — and neither side gives a step.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)打仗、戰爭— to fight; war常用
→挑戰、奮戰— the contest — a fight taken up
→戰抖、膽戰— to shiver — standing in for 顫
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension