123456
Keyword
to strive
  • to dispute
  • to fight
  • to contend
Frequency
#387
Strokes
6
Readings
zhēng100%
Mnemonic
Simplified form of 爭, two hands 爪 and 彐 fighting over 亅
Stroke order
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Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
战争zhànzhēng
war; conflict
争取zhēngqǔ
to fight for; to strive for; to win over
竞争jìngzhēng
to compete; competition
斗争dòuzhēng
a struggle; fight; battle
争议zhēngyì
controversy; dispute; to dispute
争zhēng
to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
争论zhēnglùn
to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate
抗争kàngzhēng
to resist; to make a stand and fight (against)
争夺zhēngduó
to fight over; to contest; to vie over
竞争力jìngzhēnglì
competitive strength; competitiveness
抗日战争KàngRìZhànzhēng
(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
争执zhēngzhí
to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle
争吵zhēngchǎo
to quarrel; dispute
争端zhēngduān
dispute; controversy; conflict
力争lìzhēng
to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly
争斗zhēngdòu
to struggle; to fight; struggle
争辩zhēngbiàn
a dispute; to wrangle
争霸zhēngbà
to contend for hegemony; a power struggle
朝鲜战争CháoxiǎnZhànzhēng
Korean War (1950-1953)
争相zhēngxiāng
to fall over each other in their eagerness to ...