zhēng HSK3

strife, quarrel

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approved by Prismcool · Jun 6, 2024, 05:15 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Jun 6, 2024, 05:15 AM

Replaced 爪 with 爫

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Depicts two hands (爫又) grabbing the same plow.

Components

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Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
Iconic component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
Iconic component

Depicts a plow.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsreang[ts]ˤreŋ
(~ *m-tsˤreŋ or *mə-tsˤreŋ)
strife, quarrel

說文解字

《說文》:“爭,引也。从、厂。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica