爭取

争

爭

zhe̅ng

取

qǔ

to fight for / to strive for / to win over

Characters and words in 爭取

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).

取

qǔ = qu + Ø3

to take / to get / to choose / to fetch

取 = 又 + 耳 : Mnemonic symbol when used as component in other characters: a bloody ear.

When Mike Tyson was fighting against Evander Holyfield, he did not only beat Evander's ear (耳) with his boxing glove (又). Imagine this fight in the space station (Ø3) with cupid (qu) as referee fetching (取) a bloody ear flying through the space station.