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Kanji Detail for 争 - "dispute, to fight, to compete"

争

  • Meaning

    争 means "dispute, to fight, to compete."

    1. Compete - To vie; to contend.

    2. Dispute - To argue; to debate.

    3. Fight - To struggle; to battle.

  • Words using 争

    • 戦争 せんそう Listen war; fighting; fierce competition
    • 競争 きょうそう Listen competition; contest; rivalry
    • 争い あらそい Listen fight; dispute; feud
    • 闘争 とうそう Listen fight; battle; combat
    • 論争 ろんそう Listen dispute; controversy; debate
    • 争点 そうてん Listen point at issue
    • 抗争 こうそう Listen rivalry; feud; conflict
    • 太平洋戦争 たいへいようせんそう Listen Pacific War (1941-1945)

  • Four-character idioms with 争

    • 生存競争 せいぞんきょうそう Listen struggle for existence
    • 百家争鳴 ひゃっかそうめい Listen let a hundred schools of thought contend
    • 過当競争 かとうきょうそう Listen excessive competition

  • Tattoo check: 争

    • Verified meaning: dispute, to fight, to compete
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    contend; dispute; argue

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    dispute, fight, contend, strive

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive

  • Onyomi

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    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

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    araso.u(あらそ-う) あらそ-う

    ika.deka(いか-でか) いか-でか

  • Strokes

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    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    亅 (hanebo・kagi)

  • Related Keywords

    compete dispute fight bargain remonstrate struggle conflict argue battle challenge clash contend debate discord rivalry strife vie

Sentences including 争

  • War suddenly broke out.

  • The war didn't break out by accident.

  • The war took place 45 years ago.

  • In the war , many people died young.

  • It is no use arguing with him.

  • They are at war with the country.

  • We are against war.

  • What will become of us if a war breaks out?

  • What is the best way to put an end to the war?

  • We have seen three wars.

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