Home
Pinyin index
Radical index
Weblog
Links
About
Search for a character:
For help, hover your mouse over different parts of the page
Character
Contained In
References
Comments
Simplified
Traditional
Ancient
forms
Archaic
forms
Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
誩
儿
言
⿰⿱
立
兄
⿱
立
兄
Mandarin
jing4
English
Definitions
to compete; to contend; to struggle; vie; competitive
Mnemonic
Two persons
儿
issuing words
言
in challenge to each other
Etymology
Notes
Original character showed two persons
人
with a triangular-shaped head – later with words
言
coming out of each