zhēng

to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate

HSK 4 #344

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 344th character
Radical ⼅ (6.5)
Strokes 6
Index # 508
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

争 zhēng
  1. 1. to strive for
  2. 2. to vie for
  3. 3. to argue or debate
  4. 4. how or what (literary)
  5. 5. deficient or lacking (dialect)

Stroke order

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Words containing 争

Word Meaning
to settle a dispute
war crime
War and Peace by Tolstoy tuō ěr sī tài
(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
to fight desperately
the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan
StarCraft (video game series) (Tw)
StarCraft (video game series)
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
Chu-Han War, power struggle 206–202 BC
power struggle
power struggle
righteous struggle
battle between healthy qi and evil qi
(Persian) Gulf War
uncontroversial; accepted
to buy time; to act with urgency
to quarrel endlessly
vying in beauty and glamor
to strive for favor
competitive; to desire to beat others
fight
scrimmage line (American football)
minister not afraid to give forthright criticism