争 — Chinese character
争
zhēng
to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Radical
- 6 ⼅ (Hook)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 彐 亅
- Formation
- ideographic — Simplified form of 爭, two hands 爪 and 彐 fighting over 亅
- Traditional
- 爭
- Japanese
- 争 as a kanji
Common words with 争
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 战争 (戰爭) | zhàn zhēng | war; conflict; 场 (cháng),次 (cì) |
| 争取 (爭取) | zhēng qǔ | to fight for; to strive for |
| 竞争 (競爭) | jìng zhēng | to compete; competition |
| 斗争 (鬥爭) | dòu zhēng | a struggle; fight |
| 争议 (爭議) | zhēng yì | controversy; dispute |
| 争论 (爭論) | zhēng lùn | to argue; to debate |
| 抗争 (抗爭) | kàng zhēng | to resist; to make a stand and fight (against) |
| 争夺 (爭奪) | zhēng duó | to fight over; to contest |
| 竞争力 (競爭力) | jìng zhēng lì | competitive strength; competitiveness |
| 争执 (爭執) | zhēng zhí | to dispute; to disagree |
| 争吵 (爭吵) | zhēng chǎo | to quarrel; dispute |
| 争端 (爭端) | zhēng duān | dispute; controversy |
English words written with 争
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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