争 – contend, dispute, argue

6 strokesTaught in grade 4#271 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 争 means contend, dispute, argue. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ (sou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あらそ.う、いか.でか (arasou, ikadeka). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 亅 (no. 6).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
Kun’yomi	あらそ.う	arasou
Kun’yomi	いか.でか	ikadeka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 亅 (Kangxi radical 6). Components: ヨ・一・亅・勹.

Words using 争

戦争せんそうwar競争きょうそうcompetition争うあらそうto compete論争ろんそうdispute抗争こうそうrivalry争いあらそいfight紛争ふんそうdispute

Example sentences

その国は戦争で荒廃してしまった。

The country was wasted by war.

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十中八九、彼が競争に勝つでしょう。

In nine cases out of ten, he will win the race.

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ジェーンとメアリーはいつも人の気を引こうと競争している。

Jane and Mary are always competing for attention.

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Kanji with the same radical

事予了

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