# 争 — Conflict

Frequency rank 446 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 団 (Group), less common than 章 (Chapter).

- On’yomi: そう
- Kun’yomi: あらそ
- Radical: 亅 Hook (Kangxi 6)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

A wolverine (爫) slashes at an escalator (ヨ) — animals fight over the moving stairs, creating conflict.

In words:

- 争う あらそう — to dispute,to argue,to be at variance,to compete
- 争い あらそい — dispute;strife;quarrel;dissension;conflict;rivalry;contest
- 競争 きょうそう — competition

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