• 344th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 124 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

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

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

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

Uncommon

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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  • 1835th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 35 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ba4)hegemon • tyrant • lord • feudal chief • to rule by force • to usurp • (in modern advertising) master

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ba4)The component is pronounced as '' (ba4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

霸气 (霸氣)
霸道 

Uncommon

恶霸 (惡霸)
争霸 (爭霸)
称霸 (稱霸)
霸占 (霸佔)
霸王 
麦霸 (麥霸)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.