zhēng

strife, quarrel

Depicts two hands ( ) grabbing the same plow.

Components
爫 iconic component

  Iconic component

zhǎo

  

hand, claw

is a component form of .

又 iconic component

  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

◎ iconic component

  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a plow.

Evolution

爭 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
爭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
爭 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
爭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zhēng

to dispute, fight, contend, strive; to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)

Most common words with 爭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

战争

war

竞争

to compete

争取

to fight for

斗争

fight

to vie for

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 8 characters (3 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]ˤreŋ (~ *m-tsˤreŋ or *mə-tsˤreŋ)

tsreang

zhēng

strife, quarrel


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 55.5662% of movies

643rd most common character in movies

344th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Simplified

Unicode

U+722D

Shuowen

“爭,引也。从、厂。”


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