競爭

to compete / competition

Characters and words in 競爭

to compete / to contend / to struggle

竞 = 兄 + 立 : Apollo (兄) and Joan of Arc (ji) are competing (竞) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Each of them tries to smash as many vases (立) as fast as possible.

争

爭

zhe̅ng = zh + (e)ng1

to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)

争 = ⺈ + 肀 : Mnemonic symbol: The grim reaper, as 争 is often used in words involving war (...战争). In front of the engine ((e)ng1), the grim reaper (争) marks his next victims in passing. With a crayon (肀) he draws big "X"s on the crane (⺈) and James II of England (zh).