Kanji of the Year 2022 -戦-

「戦」 was selected Kanji of the Year 2022, referring to the following events.

We have been terrified of the international conflicts throughout the year.

We have been facing a battle against inflation, depreciation of Yen, energy shortage and Covid-19.

We paid a lot of attention to athletes playing in the Olympic Games in Beijing and FIFA World Cup Qatar.

Let’s think a little more about 戦.

The Kanji is usually used in the sense of “fight against” or “match”, but it has another meaning.

What do you think it means if used as 戦く（Ononoku） or 戦慄（Senritsu）? Although these are not common words, the meaning is “to be trembled”.

In this sense as well, 戦 well represents the year 2022.