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Kanji: 争
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KANJI

争

6 strokes

READINGS

KUN 訓	あらそう
	いかでか

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 7 (completion of 4th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 4th grade in Japan
Radical:	爪 Radical name: つめ
Meaning:	Contend, dispute, argue
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 250 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	競争(きょうそう)	competition
N4	戦争(せんそう)	war
N3	論争(ろんそう)	controversy, dispute
N2	争(あらそ)う	to dispute, to argue, to be at variance, to compete
N1	争(あらそ)い	dispute, strife, quarrel, dissension, conflict, rivalry, contest
N1	抗争(こうそう)	dispute, resistance
N1	紛争(ふんそう)	dispute, trouble, strife

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