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Making Chinese characters memorable

争

ㄓㄥ

zhēng

contend
See how characters are made

Break characters down into their components to see semantic and phonetic hints

  • 争
    ㄓㄥ

    zhēng

    contend

    • ⺈

      knife

    • ?

      • ⺕

        • ?

          • 匚
            ㄈㄤ

            fāng

            box

        • 一
          ㄧ

          yī

          one

      • ㇚

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