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  1. 争 is the 344th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 53 words.
  4. appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> , No glyph available
Radical :
=> (knife), (pig snout), (hook)
Graphical :
=> , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zheng1 - to strive for/to vie for/to argue or debate/deficient or lacking (topolect)/how or what (literary)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

战争 (戰爭)
 ()
争取 (爭取)
争吵 (爭吵)
争夺 (爭奪)
争气 (爭氣)
竞争 (競爭)

Medium Frequency

不争 (不爭)
不争气 (不爭氣)
力争 (力爭)
抗争 (抗爭)
争先恐后 (爭先恐後)
争分夺秒 (爭分奪秒)
争执 (爭執)
争宠 (爭寵)
争抢 (爭搶)
争相 (爭相)
争端 (爭端)
争论 (爭論)
争议 (爭議)
争辩 (爭辯)
争锋 (爭鋒)
争霸 (爭霸)
争斗 (爭鬥)
相争 (相爭)
竞争力 (競爭力)
纷争 (紛爭)
与世无争 (與世無爭)
斗争 (鬥爭)

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Meta:

  1. 斗 is the 580th most frequent character.
  2. has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 70 words.
  4. appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (dipper)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Dou3 - abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
  2. dou3 - dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]/decaliter/peck/cup or dipper shaped object/old variant of 陡[dou3]
  3. dou4 - to fight/to struggle/to condemn/to censure/to contend/to put together/coming together
  4. dou4 - variant of 鬥|斗[dou4], to fight/to struggle/to condemn/to censure/to contend/to put together/coming together

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 斗 (dou3): The component 斗 is pronounced as 'dou3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 斗 (dou3): The component 斗 is pronounced as 'dou4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 斗 (dou4): The component 斗 is pronounced as 'dou4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 斗 (dou4): The component 斗 is pronounced as 'dou3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  5. Pronunciation clue for 斗 (dou4): The component 斗 is pronounced as 'dou4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

奋斗 (奮鬥)
战斗 (戰鬥)
 

Medium Frequency

勾心斗角 (勾心鬥角)
北斗 
战斗力 (戰鬥力)
战斗机 (戰鬥機)
打斗 (打鬥)
批斗 (批鬥)
拼斗 (拼鬥)
搏斗 
斗牛 
斗篷 
格斗 (格鬥)
决斗 (決鬥)
熨斗 
争斗 (爭鬥)
阿斗 
斗嘴 (鬥嘴)
斗士 (鬥士)
斗志 (鬥志)
斗智 (鬥智)
斗争 (鬥爭)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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