爭

Information about character(s)

Radical: 爪
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 8
Simplified Form: 争
Variants: 争

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhēng, zhèng
Cantonese: caang1 zaang1 zang1
JapaneseKun: ARASOU
JapaneseOn: SOU
Korean: CAYNG
Vietnamese: tranh

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to dispute, fight, contend, strive

CE-Dict: to strive for/to vie for/to argue or debate/deficient or lacking (topolect)/how or what (literary)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to compete for
2.to dispute

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: contend; dispute; strive; vie

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: contend; dispute; strive; vie

湘雅醫學專業詞典: compete

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《𠬪部》爭引也。从𠬪、𠂆。　

康熙字典文字版 【巳集中】【爪字部】爭
〔古文〕𠫩𠄙【唐韻】側莖切【集韻】甾耕切，𠀤音箏。【說文】引也。从𠬪。【徐鉉曰】音曳。𠬪二手而曳之，爭之道也。【廣韻】競也。【書·大禹謨】汝惟不矜，天下莫與汝爭能。汝惟不伐，天下莫與汝爭功。　又【玉篇】諫也。　又訟也。【增韻】理也，辨也。【禮·曲禮】分爭辨訟，非禮不決。　又姓。【正字通】印藪有爭不識，爭同。　又【集韻】側逬切，箏去聲。義同。　又【廣韻】本作諍，諫諍也，止也。【孝經·諫諍章】天子有爭臣七人。　【韻會】俗作争，非。
考證：〔【禮·曲禮】非理不決。〕　謹照原文非理改非禮。

CF-Dict: lutter/disputer/discuter

Han-De-Dict: Kampf (u.E.) (S)/kämpfen, wetteifern (u.E.) (V)