争

See also: 爭

争 U+4E89, 争 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E89 ← 予 [U+4E88] CJK Unified Ideographs 亊 → [U+4E8A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

争 (Kangxi radical 6, 亅+5, 6 strokes, Cangjie input 弓尸木 (NSD), four-corner 2750₇, composition ⿱⺈⿻⺕亅)

Derived characters

• 筝, 鬇, 䦛(䦶)
• 鿇, 净, 𬻗, 埩, 婙, 峥, 𢂰, 挣, 浄, 狰, 棦, 琤, 㬹, 睁, 碀, 竫, 𰁓, 𰈞, 䋫(𰬑), 䍵, 諍(诤), 𬥷, 踭, 錚(铮), 静, 䱢, 𧬦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 137, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 236
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 324, character 12
• Unihan data for U+4E89

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 争 – see 爭 (“to dispute; to fight; to contend; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 爭).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	争
Kyūjitai	爭

Kanji

争

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 爭)

1. conflict; quarrel

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: あらそう (arasou, 争う, Jōyō)、あらそい (arasoi, 争)、あらそい (arasoi, 争い)、あらがう (aragau, 争う)、あらがい (aragai, 争)、あらがい (aragai, 争い)、いかで (ikade, 争で)、いそう (isou, 争う)、いそわく (isowaku, 争わく)、すまう (sumau, 争う)、すまい (sumai, 争)、すまい (sumai, 争い)

Compounds

• 争議(そうぎ) (sōgi)
• 争訟(そうしょう) (sōshō)
• 争奪(そうだつ) (sōdatsu)
• 争端(そうたん) (sōtan)
• 争点(そうてん) (sōten)
• 争闘(そうとう) (sōtō)
• 争覇(そうは) (sōha)
• 争乱(そうらん) (sōran)
• 争論(そうろん) (sōron): verbal fight, argument
• 競争(きょうそう) (kyōsō): competition
• 係争(けいそう) (keisō)
• 繋争(けいそう) (keisō)
• 訌争(こうそう) (kōsō)
• 抗争(こうそう) (kōsō): fighting, resistance, antagonism; contention
• 政争(せいそう) (seisō)
• 党争(とうそう) (tōsō)
• 闘争(とうそう) (tōsō): struggle
• 内争(ないそう) (naisō): internal strife
• 紛争(ふんそう) (funsō): conflict, dispute, disturbance
• 論争(ろんそう) (ronsō): argument, dispute, controversy

Vietnamese

Han character

争: Hán Việt readings: tranh
争: Nôm readings: chanh, tranh, trành, danh, ganh, giành

1. Variant of 爭, see there for more details.

Compounds

• 靈争 (lanh chanh)