U+722D "爭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
爭
U+722D "爭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents the concept of "to contend," "to struggle," or "to vie for something," often conveying a sense of competition or dispute. Its structure combines the radical for "claw" or "hand" (爫) with elements suggesting pulling or striving, reflecting its historical use in contexts of conflict or rivalry. In modern usage, this character appears in words like 爭取 (to strive for) and 爭執 (to quarrel), preserving its core meaning of active opposition or endeavor across both written Chinese and Japanese, where it is also used in the same sense.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+722D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 爭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 爭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x88 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x722D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000722D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u722d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AAA7 |
| kCCCII | 214A3B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4E68 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4E68 |
| kCangjie | BSD |
| kCantonese | zaang1 |
| kCihaiT | 863.101 |
| kCowles | 92 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1101.220 |
| kDefinition | to dispute, fight, contend, strive |
| kEACC | 214A3B |
| kFanqie | 側莖 |
| kFenn | 413B |
| kFennIndex | 27.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2050.7 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0811a |
| kHangul | 쟁:0E |
| kHanYu | 32031.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu | zhēng(1708) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32031.030:zhēng,zhèng |
| kHKGlyph | 2450 |
| kIICore | ATHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1101.220 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32031.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0688.330 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5579 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AAA7 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6027 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EBE5 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6E33 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4E68 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5E4C |
| kJapanese | ソウ ショウ あらそう |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010:U+4E89 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | ARASOU |
| kJapaneseOn | SOU |
| kJis0 | 6407 |
| kKangXi | 0688.330 |
| kKorean | CAYNG |
| kLau | 1294 |
| kMandarin | zhēng |
| kMatthews | 365 |
| kMeyerWempe | 95 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016736 |
| kMorohashi | 19663 |
| kPhonetic | 32 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5600+87.4.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 87.4 |
| kSBGY | 190.02 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+4E89<kMatthews |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "争" U+4E89 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 406.11 12.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhēng粵zang1,zaang1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3630 |
| kTang | *jrɛng |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | tranh |
| kXerox | 243:344 |
| kXHC1983 | 1472.031:zhēng |