争

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

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 137, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 236
• Hanyu Da Zidian: 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, 争, is the simplified and variant form of 爭.)

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

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Japanese

Shinjitai	争
Kyūjitai	爭

Kanji

争

(grade 4 “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 (そう)議 (ぎ) (sōgi)
• 争 (そう)訟 (しょう) (sōshō)
• 争奪 (そうだつ) (sōdatsu)
• 争 (そう)端 (たん) (sōtan)
• 争 (そう)点 (てん) (sōten)
• 争 (そう)闘 (とう) (sōtō)
• 争 (そう)覇 (は) (sōha)
• 争 (そう)乱 (らん) (sōran)
• 争 (そう)論 (ろん) (sōron): verbal fight, argument
• 競 (きょう)争 (そう) (kyōsō): competition

• 係 (けい)争 (そう) (keisō)
• 繋 (けい)争 (そう) (keisō)
• 訌 (こう)争 (そう) (kōsō)
• 抗 (こう)争 (そう) (kōsō): fighting, resistance, antagonism; contention
• 政 (せい)争 (そう) (seisō)
• 党 (とう)争 (そう) (tōsō)
• 闘 (とう)争 (そう) (tōsō): struggle
• 内争 (ないそう) (naisō): internal strife
• 紛 (ふん)争 (そう) (funsō): conflict, dispute, disturbance
• 論 (ろん)争 (そう) (ronsō): argument, dispute, controversy