Question

争 あらそ.う、いか.でか 戦争(せんそう): war競争(きょうそう): (1) competition; contest (2) to compete紛争(ふんそう): dispute; trouble; strife争い(あらそい): dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry; contest論争(ろんそう): controversy; dispute争う(あらそう): (1) to compete; to contest; to contend (2) to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose (3) (usu. in negative form) to deny (e.g. evidence)抗争(こうそう): dispute; resistance 4 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20)彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58)亅: feathered stick; barb radical (no. 6) 爪 4 爭 contend A boxing ring is bound up by the ropes. The contender is cheating and using a rake.

Accepted Answer

ソウ contend, dispute, argue 3 271 6 87 つめ・つめがしら・つめかんむり・そうにょう・のつ 会意 Compound Ideographic This can be seen as a Retarius, a roman gladiator. The Retiarius always fought with a net to bound up his opponents, and with a trident, which was able to pierce enemies after tying them. They were terrific contenders, so they were only paired with gladiators specially equipped to fight them.

Kanji	争
Onyomi	ソウ
Kunyomi	あらそ.う、いか.でか
English	contend, dispute, argue
Examples	戦争(せんそう): war 競争(きょうそう): (1) competition; contest (2) to compete 紛争(ふんそう): dispute; trouble; strife 争い(あらそい): dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry; contest 論争(ろんそう): controversy; dispute 争う(あらそう): (1) to compete; to contest; to contend (2) to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose (3) (usu. in negative form) to deny (e.g. evidence) 抗争(こうそう): dispute; resistance
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	271
Components	勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 亅: feathered stick; barb radical (no. 6)
Number of Strokes	6
Kanji Radical	爪
Radical Number	87
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	つめ・つめがしら・つめかんむり・そうにょう・のつ
Traditional Form	爭
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	contend
Koohii Story 1	This can be seen as a Retarius, a roman gladiator. The Retiarius always fought with a net to bound up his opponents, and with a trident, which was able to pierce enemies after tying them. They were terrific contenders, so they were only paired with gladiators specially equipped to fight them.
Koohii Story 2	A boxing ring is bound up by the ropes. The contender is cheating and using a rake.

Dispute Radical Contest Quarrel Contend Wrapping Bound 争