Chinese Character 争 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

争 meaning^[3] in English

To Strive For.

To Vie For.

To Argue Or Debate.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 争 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (𠂊) , and (肀)

Its radical^[1] is: 亅 (jue2) which means: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6), See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1], .亅jue2'vertical stroke …

In cangjie it is written with NSD

How to write 争

To write争zheng1to strive … you should write a combination of 𠂊𠂊5 , 肀yu4 arranged in a 吕 shape:

𠂊 + 肀 = 争

争 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 争 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 争, looks as follow: