爭

See also: 争

Translingual

Han character

爭 (radical 87 爪+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月尸木 (BSD), four-corner 2050₇)

1. to dispute, fight
2. contend
3. strive

References

• KangXi: page 688, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19663
• Dae Jaweon: page 1101, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2031, character 3
• Unihan data for U+722D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

爭 (simplified 争, Jyutping caang1, zaang1, zang1, Yale chaang1, jaang1, jang1)

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Japanese

Kanji

爭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: そう (sō)
• Kun: あらそう (arasou)

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Korean

Hanja

爭 (jaeng) (hangeul 쟁, revised jaeng, McCune-Reischauer chaeng, Yale cayng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

爭 (simplified 争, Pinyin zhēng (zheng1), Wade-Giles cheng¹)

Compounds

• 爭論 (zhēnglùn)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

爭 (POJ cheng (cheng¹), cheⁿ (cheⁿ¹), chiⁿ (chiⁿ¹), TLPA tsing (tsing¹), tsenn (tsenn¹), tsinn (tsinn¹))

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

爭 (tranh, dềnh, ganh, giành, chanh, danh, dành, gianh)