争 — contend, dispute, argue

あらそい争 contend

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes war

U+4E89 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #271 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1238 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

contend
dispute
argue

word

あらそ araso Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

争(あらそ) い arasoi dispute 争(あらそ) う arasou to compete

そう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

戦(せん) 争(そう) sensou war 競(きょう) 争(そう) kyousou competition 争(そう) 点(てん) souten point of contention 太(たい) 平(へい) 洋(よう) 戦(せん) 争(そう) taiheiyousensou Pacific War 論(ろん) 争(そう) ronsou controversy 紛(ふん) 争(そう) funsou dispute 闘(とう) 争(そう) tousou struggle

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

𠂊 sloping stroke

彐 snout

亅 hook

Used as component in (2)

しずか静 quiet じょう浄 clean

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#6 亅 hook