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Kanji Detail for 爭 - "compete, dispute, fight"
爭
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Meaning
爭 means "compete, dispute, fight."
Compete - To vie; to contend.
Dispute - To argue; to debate.
Fight - To struggle; to battle.
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Tattoo check: 爭
- Verified meaning: compete, dispute, fight
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
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.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
to dispute; fight; contend; strive
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
to 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
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The opposite of yielding. Striving to surpass others. Each holding to their own views without giving way is called 爭執 (to dispute). Competing through words is called 爭論 (to argue), 爭辯 (to debate). Competing through force is called 爭奪 (to contend for), 爭鬥 (to fight). | A particle. Same as 怎 (how). Like saying "how." Used in poetry. | Same as 諍. To remonstrate. A minister who gives direct advice is called 爭臣. Seen in (Classic of Filial Piety). | [Character analysis] Commonly written as 爭.
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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