jìng
compete
Simplified form of 競. Pictograph of two people side-by-side competing with each other.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 竞
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to compete | ||
to run for office | ||
race | ||
competitive strength | ||
to compete |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 21.4480% of movies
1273rd most common character in movies
1100th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+7ADE |
Sources
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