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Zach

争

Readings

Kana: ソウ、あらそ.う、いか.でか
Romaji: sou, araso.u, ika.deka
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

contend, dispute, argue

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  6
Radical Number:  4
Frequency:  271
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  2-2-4
Korean Reading:  jaeng
Chinese Reading:  zheng1
Unicode:  4e89
JIS:  4168

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2030
Nelson Index: 186
New Nelson Index: 69
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2n4.2
Four Corner Index: 2750.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 529
Gakken Index: 271
Japanese Names Index: 344
Daikanwanjiten Index: 236
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0411
Remembering the kanji Index: 1154
Kanji Way Index: 107
Kanji Flashcards Index: 295
Kodansha Compact Index: 274
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 558
Kanji in Context Index: 361
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1281
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1749
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1162
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1238
Essential Kanji Index: 311
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2523
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2547
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 451
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 467

Words

戦争 (せんそう)
war
紛争 (ふんそう)
dispute; trouble; strife
争う (あらそう)
to compete; to contest; to contend; to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose; (usu. in negative form) to deny (e.g. evidence)
太平洋戦争 (たいへいようせんそう)
Pacific War (1941-1945)
抗争 (こうそう)
dispute; resistance
争い (あらそい)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry; contest
競争 (きょうそう)
competition; contest; to compete
抗う (あらがう)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
論争 (ろんそう)
controversy; dispute
闘争 (とうそう)
strife; conflict
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