Kanji

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

Radical

Radical:

Reading: はねぼう

Meaning: hook

Strokes: 1

Examples

Examples with audio

する(きょうそうする)   compete

(せんそう)   war

(ふんそう)   dispute

(ろんそう)   controversy, dispute

(とうそう)   strife, conflict

点(そうてん)   point at issue

う(あらそう)   dispute, argue, compete

Onyomi Examples

ソウダツ struggle (for), scramble, contest

ソウギ dispute, quarrel, strike

ケイソウ dispute, contention, conflict, controversy

セイソウ political strife

Kunyomi Examples

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)

うべからざる あらそうべからざる indisputable