争 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. あらそう。あらそい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「爭」の異体字。爭#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

contend, dispute, argue

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウElem.
Kun (native)
  • あらそ(う)Elem.
  • いか(でか)
Other languages
  • 拼音zheng1
  • 한글jaeng
  • Hán-ViệtTranh
  • Hán-ViệtTránh
  • Hán-ViệtChanh
  • Hán-ViệtDanh

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
亅(はねぼう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+4E89

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻[1:]亇⺕

Words using this kanji

  • 争いあらそいいさかい。闘争。競争。 あらそい参照。fight, dispute, feud, conflict
  • 争点そうてん論争や訴訟など争い事の中心となる点。point at issue
  • 争うあらそう(あらそう)力量に差が無い者が、優劣などを競うこと。 (あらがう)抵抗する。to compete, to contest, to contend, to quarrel
  • 争奪そうだつ自分のものにしようと争って奪い合うこと。struggle (for), scramble, contest
  • 争議そうぎ互いに意見を主張して争うこと。 労働争議の略。dispute, quarrel, strike
  • 争でいかでhow
  • 争訟そうしょう法律関係の存在や形成に関して公の機関が裁断・解決する手続。legal dispute, contestation, suit
  • 争端そうたん争いの発端。beginning of a dispute
  • 争闘そうとう争い戦うこと。strife, struggle, conflict, fight
  • 争覇そうは覇権、優勝を争うこと。contending for victory, struggling for supremacy
  • 争乱そうらん争い乱れること。conflict, strife
  • 争論そうろん言い争うこと。argument, dispute, controversy
  • 争友そうゆうfriend who gives frank advice, critical friend
  • 争続そうぞくfighting over inheritance, inheritance dispute
  • 争奪戦そうだつせんcontest, competition, struggle, scramble
  • 争覇戦そうはせんstruggle for supremacy, championship game
  • 争議権そうぎけん労働三権の一つ。労働者が地位の向上、使用者に待遇改善などを要求し、それを貫徹するためストライキなどの争議行為を団結して行う権利。right to strike
  • 争議団そうぎだん労働組合のない企業などにおける労働争議を遂行するために一時的に組織される、労働者の団体。strikers, workers on strike
  • 争点効そうてんこうcollateral estoppel, issue preclusion
  • 争い好きあらそいずきquarrelsome, contentious

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-4
Four Corner
2750.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2n4.2
Heisig
1238
Nelson
186