争

See also: 爭

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

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

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Chinese

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

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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

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