仗

zhàng

rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry

How to write 仗, stroke by stroke

weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield; to rely on; to depend on; war; battle

Pictophonetic: semantic 亻 (person), phonetic 丈

Made of 亻 + 丈

打仗dǎ zhàngto fight a battle; to go to war
仗势zhàng shìto rely on power
仗火zhàng huǒbattle
仗义zhàng yìto uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by
仰仗yǎng zhàngto rely on; to depend on
依仗yī zhàngto count on; to rely on
仪仗yí zhàngceremonial weaponry
仪仗队yí zhàng duìhonor guard; guard of honor; the banner bearing contingent leading a military procession
胜仗shèng zhàngvictory; victorious battle
口水仗kǒu shuǐ zhàngdispute; spat; shouting match
对仗duì zhàngantithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound); to fight; to wage war
干仗gàn zhàngto quarrel (dialect)

很多年轻人去了打仗。
hěn duō nián qīng rén qù le dǎ zhàng 。
Many young men went to war.
饿着肚子是没法打仗的。
è zhe dù zǐ shì méi fǎ dǎ zhàng de 。
You can't fight on an empty stomach.
两队打了场硬仗。
liǎng duì dǎ le chǎng yìng zhàng 。
The two teams fought very hard.
抱著失败主义的态度你无法打一场漂亮的仗。
bào zhù shī bài zhǔ yì de tài dù nǐ wú fǎ dǎ yì chǎng piào liang de zhàng 。
You can't fight a good fight with such a defeatist attitude.