Ideographic: Simplified form of 爭, two hands 爪 and 彐 fighting over 亅Radical:

meaning for zhēng:

  • - to strive for
  • - to vie for
  • - to argue or debate
  • - deficient or lacking (dialect)
  • - how or what (literary)war
  • - conflict
  • - Classifiers: 场 a struggle
  • - fight
  • - battleto compete
  • - competitionto fight for
  • - to strive for
  • - to win overcompetitive strength
  • - competitiveness