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Translingual
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Han character
争 (Kangxi radical 6, 亅+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓尸木 (NSD), four-corner 27507, composition ⿱⺈⿻⺕亅)
Derived characters
- 筝, 鬇, 䦛(䦶)
- 鿇, 净, 𬻗, 埩, 婙, 峥, 𢂰, 挣, 浄, 狰, 棦, 琤, 㬹, 睁, 碀, 竫, 𰁓, 𰈞, 䋫(𰬑), 䍵, 諍(诤), 𬥷, 踭, 錚(铮), 静, 䱢, 𧬦
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 137, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 236
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 324, character 12
- Unihan data for U+4E89
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 争 – see 爭 (“to dispute; to fight; to contend; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 爭). |
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Japanese
Kanji
争
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 爭)
- conflict; quarrel
Readings
- Go-on: しょう (shō)←しやう (syau, historical)
- Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)←さう (sau, historical)
- Kun: あらそう (arasou, 争う, Jōyō)、あらそい (arasoi, 争)、あらそい (arasoi, 争い)、あらがう (aragau, 争う)、あらがい (aragai, 争)、あらがい (aragai, 争い)、いかで (ikade, 争で)、いそう (isou, 争う)、いそわく (isowaku, 争わく)、すまう (sumau, 争う)、すまい (sumai, 争)、すまい (sumai, 争い)
Compounds