争

zhēng

dispute, fight, contend, strive

How to write 争, stroke by stroke

to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)

Ideographic: Simplified form of 爭, two hands 爪 and 彐 fighting over 亅

Made of 彐 + 亅

战争zhàn zhēngwar; conflict
争取zhēng qǔto fight for; to strive for; to win over
竞争jìng zhēngto compete; competition
斗争dòu zhēnga struggle; fight; battle
争论zhēng lùnto argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate
争吵zhēng chǎoto quarrel; dispute
抗争kàng zhēngto resist; to make a stand and fight (against)
争议zhēng yìcontroversy; dispute; to dispute
争执zhēng zhíto dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle
争夺zhēng duóto fight over; to contest; to vie over
争斗zhēng dòuto struggle; to fight; struggle
争辩zhēng biàna dispute; to wrangle

和他争论这件事得不出结果。
hé tā zhēng lùn zhè jiàn shì dé bù chū jié guǒ 。
It is no use arguing with him about it.
100万人在战争中失去了生命。
1 0 0 wàn rén zài zhàn zhēng zhōng shī qù le shēng mìng 。
One million people lost their lives in the war.
难民与饥饿作斗争。
nàn mín yǔ jī è zuò dòu zhēng 。
The refugees struggled against hunger.
你的结论具有高度争议性。
nǐ de jié lùn jù yǒu gāo dù zhēng yì xìng 。
Your conclusion is highly arguable.
咱们停止争吵和好吧。
zán men tíng zhǐ zhēng chǎo hé hǎo ba 。
Let's patch up our argument.