开战

Traditional form:

開戰

Pinyin (reading):

kāizhàn

Definitions:

• to start a war
• to make war
• to battle against

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 战 - war, fighting, battle

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 戰 - war, fighting, battle