Chinese symbol for “tussle”
角逐
jué zhú
to tussle; to contend; to contest
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tussle is 角逐 (jué zhú), defined as: to tussle; to contend; to contest.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tussle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掐架 | qiā jià | (of dogs, roosters etc) to fight; to tussle; (of people) to have an altercation with sb (physical or verbal) |
| 厮打 (廝打) | sī dǎ | to come to blows; to tussle |
| 角力 | jué lì | to wrestle; (fig.) to lock horns; to tussle; to wrangle |
| 厮搏 (廝搏) | sī bó | to come to blows; to fight; to tussle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 角逐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 角度 | jiǎo dù | angle; (fig.) point of view |
| 主角 | zhǔ jué | leading role; lead; protagonist |
| 角落 | jiǎo luò | corner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook |
| 视角 (視角) | shì jiǎo | angle from which one observes an object; (fig.) perspective; viewpoint; frame of reference |
| 三角 | sān jiǎo | triangle; (math.) trigonometry (abbr. for 三角学 (sān jiǎo xué)) |
| 逐渐 (逐漸) | zhú jiàn | gradually |
| 逐步 | zhú bù | progressively; step by step |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tussle”.
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.