1. 爭
  2. 論

爭

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

Decomposition:

Once :
爭 => 爫, No glyph available
Radical :
爭 => 爫 (claw/talon), ⺕ (pig snout), 亅 (hook)
Graphical :
爭 => 爫, 匚, 一, 亅

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 (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)

Appears In:

爭 also appears in:
靜箏

論

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  1. 論 is the 205th most frequent character.
  2. 論 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 論 appears as a character in 72 words.
  4. 論 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
論 => 言, 侖
Radical :
論 => 言 (speech), 人 (human), 一 (one), 冂 (upside down box), 艹 (grass)
Graphical :
論 => 一, 丶, 二, 口, 人, 一, 冂, 艹

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lun2 - the Analects (of Confucius)
  2. lun4 - by the/per/theory/to discuss/to talk (about)/to discuss

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 論 (lun2): The component 侖 is pronounced as 'lun2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 論 (lun4): The component 侖 is pronounced as 'lun2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不论 (不論)
无论 (無論)
理论 (理論)
讨论 (討論)
评论 (評論)
论 (論)
论坛 (論壇)

Medium Frequency

定论 (定論)
争论 (爭論)
结论 (結論)
言论 (言論)
讨论区 (討論區)
评论家 (評論家)
谈论 (談論)
论战 (論戰)
论文 (論文)
论语 (論語)
论证 (論證)
议论 (議論)
舆论 (輿論)
辩论 (辯論)
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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