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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

271 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: contend, dispute, argue

Kunyomi: あらそ.う, いか.でか

Onyomi: ソウ

Composition: 𠂊 彐 亅

争

Radical

Radical: 亅

Reading: はねぼう

Meaning: hook

Strokes: 1

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Examples

Examples with audio

競争する(きょうそうする)   compete

戦争(せんそう)   war

紛争(ふんそう)   dispute

論争(ろんそう)   controversy, dispute

闘争(とうそう)   strife, conflict

争点(そうてん)   point at issue

争う(あらそう)   dispute, argue, compete

Onyomi Examples

争奪 (ソウダツ) struggle (for), scramble, contest

争議 (ソウギ) dispute, quarrel, strike

係争 (ケイソウ) dispute, contention, conflict, controversy

政争 (セイソウ) political strife

Kunyomi Examples

争う (あらそう) to compete, to contest, to contend, to quarrel, to argue, to dispute, to be at variance, to oppose, to deny (e.g. evidence)

争うべからざる (あらそうべからざる) indisputable

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