The Chinese Radical: 争




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Meaning
dispute, fight    争

Explanation

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




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