1. 爭
  2. 奪

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

奪

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  1. 奪 is the 1197th most frequent character.
  2. 奪 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 奪 appears as a character in 23 words.
  4. 奪 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
奪 => 大, No glyph available
Radical :
奪 => 大 (big), 隹 (small bird), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
奪 => 人, 一, ㇒, 丨, 一, 二, 丨, 一, 丶, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. duo2 - to seize/to take away forcibly/to wrest control of/to compete or strive for/to force one's way through/to leave out/to lose

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 奪 (duo2): The component 大 is pronounced as 'dai4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 奪 (duo2): The component 大 is pronounced as 'da4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

争夺 (爭奪)

Medium Frequency

剥夺 (剝奪)
夺 (奪)
夺冠 (奪冠)
夺取 (奪取)
夺得 (奪得)
夺目 (奪目)
夺走 (奪走)
掠夺 (掠奪)
抢夺 (搶奪)
争分夺秒 (爭分奪秒)
争夺战 (爭奪戰)
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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