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競 きそ.う、せ.る、くら.べる emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race 2 610 20 117 たつ・たつへん 会意 Compound Ideographic TWO twin BROTHERS are competing (VYING) for the title of who is the older BROTHER. The game is that they must balance a VASE on their head and the one who drops his looses and becomes the younger BROTHER! 465

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キョウ、ケイ かい, わたなべ 競技(きょうぎ): game; match; contest競争(きょうそう): (1) competition; contest (2) to compete競馬(けいば): horse racing 4 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect兄: elder brother; big brother立: stand up; rise; set up; erect兄: elder brother; big brother 立 5 (none) vie Two crazy brothers vying for the guiness records books of stupidity by trying to stand on their heads the longest.

Kanji	競
Onyomi	キョウ、ケイ
Kunyomi	きそ.う、せ.る、くら.べる
Nanori	かい, わたなべ
English	emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race
Examples	競技(きょうぎ): game; match; contest 競争(きょうそう): (1) competition; contest (2) to compete 競馬(けいば): horse racing
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	610
Components	立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 兄: elder brother; big brother 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 兄: elder brother; big brother
Number of Strokes	20
Kanji Radical	立
Radical Number	117
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	たつ・たつへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	vie
Koohii Story 1	TWO twin BROTHERS are competing (VYING) for the title of who is the older BROTHER. The game is that they must balance a VASE on their head and the one who drops his looses and becomes the younger BROTHER!
Koohii Story 2	Two crazy brothers vying for the guiness records books of stupidity by trying to stand on their heads the longest.
RTK Index (new)	465

Stand Compete Contest 立 Rise Set Erect 兄