The kanji 争: meaning, readings and stroke order

争

Meaning: compete, fight over
On reading: ソウ sou
Kun reading: あらそ（う） arasou
Strokes: 6
Radical: 亅 hook
Level: Level 4 · grade 4
Old form: 爭

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tranh giành, thi đua (tranh)
Japanese: あらそう。きそう。
Korean: 다투다, 겨루다 (쟁)
Chinese: 争夺、竞争

Readings, words and example sentences

ソウ sou · on reading

競きょう争そう
race, competition
かけっこで 競きょう争そうします。
We race each other.

あらそ（う） arasou · kun reading

争あらそう
to compete for, to fight over
二人が一位を 争あらそいます。
The two of them compete for first place.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.