The Chinese Radical: 争


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dispute, fight    争

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
calm, quiet, not moving
jìng
Left: blue, young (Growing plants appear in the moonshine blue and young.), right: dispute/fight (A bent person with a stick in hand is looking for dispute)
A "young" dispute is still calm and quiet.
JLPT HSK 3
clean, completely, only
jìng
Left: ice , right: dispute/fight (The bent person with stick in hand looking for dispute) (simplified from 淨 (= water , hand from above , broom )
About the use of ice it has been disputed, if you can clean with it. - Or: Using this "water" =the bent person (is scrubbing) with the broom in the hand when cleaning.
JLPT HSK 4
dispute, to strive for, to argue or debate
zhēng
Top: bent person , below: hand /, stick
The bent person with a stick in his hand is looking for a dispute.
JLPT HSK 5
struggle to get free, throw off, earn (money)
zhēng, zhèng
Left: hand , right: dispute/fight (A bent person with stick in hand looking for a dispute.)
Use your hand in the fight to get free and earn money.
JLPT HSK 5
to open (one's eyes)
zhēng
Left: eye , right: dispute/fight (bent person with stick in hand looking for dispute)
(I want to sleep a little longer:) My eyes are in dispute with me, if I shall open them.
JLPT no HSK
clang of metals, clash, small gong
zhēng
Left: metal 钅/, right: dispute/fight (bent person with a stick in hand looking for dispute)
The metal cause in a dispute a clang of metals.
JLPT no HSK
Guzheng (=long zither with 13 to 16 strings)
zhēng
Top: bamboo , below: dispute (The bent person with a stick in hand looking for dispute.)
Made of bamboo and sounds like a dispute, the: Guzheng.

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