Chinese symbol for “controversial”

争议性

zhēng yì xìng

Traditional: 爭議性

controversial

The closest CC-CEDICT match for controversial is 争议性 (zhēng yì xìng), defined as: controversial.

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Characters and stroke order

争 zhēng

to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive

radical 6 ⼅ · 6 strokes

议 yì

to consult, to talk over; to criticize, to discuss

radical 149 ⾔ · 5 strokes

性 xìng

sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective

radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 争议性.

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
会议 (會議)	huì yì	meeting; conference
建议 (建議)	jiàn yì	to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (点 (diǎn))
女性	nǚ xìng	woman; the female sex

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.