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Chinese symbol for “argue”

争论
zhēng lùn
Traditional: 爭論
to argue; to debate; to contend; argument

The closest CC-CEDICT match for argue is 争论 (zhēng lùn), defined as: to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

争 zhēng
to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
radical 6 ⼅ · 6 strokes
论 lùn
debate; discussion
radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “argue”

WordPinyinMeaning
辩称 (辯稱)biàn chēngto argue (that); to allege
讲理 (講理)jiǎng lǐto argue; to reason with sb
理论 (理論)lǐ lùntheory; 个 (gè)
阋 (鬩)xìto argue; to quarrel
置辩 (置辯)zhì biànto argue

Related words

Other words that share a character with 争论.

WordPinyinMeaning
战争 (戰爭)zhàn zhēngwar; conflict; 场 (cháng),次 (cì)
争取 (爭取)zhēng qǔto fight for; to strive for
竞争 (競爭)jìng zhēngto compete; competition
斗争 (鬥爭)dòu zhēnga struggle; fight
争议 (爭議)zhēng yìcontroversy; dispute
理论 (理論)lǐ lùntheory; 个 (gè)
讨论 (討論)tǎo lùnto discuss; to talk over
无论 (無論)wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...

See also: Japanese symbol for “argue”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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