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common

ソウ/SŌ/    あらそ.う/araso.u/    いか.でか/ika.deka/SOU/ソウ/    araso.u/あらそ.う/    ika.deka/いか.でか/

contend;  dispute;  argue

Radical: 爪 (claw).   Strokes: 6画.   Elements: ヨ一亅勹.   Pinyin: zhēng.   Hangul: 쟁 [jaeng].

Jōyō Kanji 4th Grade.   JLPT N3.

Example compounds:
ソウSŌ無競争【むきょうそうmukyōsō】lacking opposition or competition
生存競争【せいぞんきょうそうseizonkyōsō】struggle for existence
百家争鳴【ひゃっかそうめいhyakkasōmei】Let a hundred schools of thought contend
あらそうarasou争う【あらそうarasō】to compete; to quarrel; (usu. in negative form) to deny (e.g. evidence)
言い争う【いいあらそうiiarasō】to quarrel; to dispute
別れ争う【わかれあらそうwakarearasō】to quarrel and separate
Codepoints and classification codes:
4e89–Unicode
33-72–JIS X 0208
2-2-4–SKIP
2n4.2–TKD
2750.7–Four Corner
2547–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
186–Classic Nelson
69–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
2030–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1281–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
1154–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
271–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
344–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
311–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
236–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 1 p. 411
529–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
302–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
451–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
295–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
558–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
467–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
107–The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley
361–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
274–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1162–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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