爭 — Chinese character
爭
zhēng
to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Radical
- 87 ⽖ (Claw)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 爫 彐 亅
- Formation
- ideographic — Two hands 爪 and 彐 fighting over 亅
- Simplified
- 争
- Japanese
- 爭 as a kanji
爭 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 10 · Analects 3 · Art of War 18 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 27 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 8
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 22
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 66
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 68
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 73
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 81
- Analects 3.7
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