争
contend, dispute, argue
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
6 / 6
Information
Vocabulary
ソウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 競争 | キョウソウ | competition; contest; rivalry; race; competition (between organisms or species) |
| 係争 | ケイソウ | dispute; contention; conflict; controversy |
| 抗争 | コウソウ | rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife; contention; resistance |
| 戦争 | センソウ | war; fighting; fierce competition |
| 争議 | ソウギ | dispute; quarrel; strike |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 争い | あらそい | fight; dispute; feud; conflict; struggle; strife; discord; argument; quarrel; controversy; competition; contest; rivalry |
| 争う | あらそう | to compete; to contest; to contend; to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose; to deny (e.g. evidence) |
| 斗争 | とうそう | fight; battle; combat; conflict; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute; strike |
| 南北戦争 | なんぼくせんそう | American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 百家争鳴 | ひゃっかそうめい | let a hundred schools of thought contend |
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