Primary radical
立 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 竞.
立 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 竞.
竞 is decomposed as ⿱立兄.
Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.
HSK 4 · to compete; competition
HSK 6 · to compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race
HSK 7-9 · competition of skill (e.g. sports); athletics tournament
HSK 7-9 · competitive; eagerly; to vie
HSK 7-9 · to take part in an election; to run for office
我和他竞争冠军。
Wǒ hé tā jìng zhēng guàn jūn。I competed with him for the championship.
我爸爸参加了料理竞赛并得了第一名。
Wǒ bà ba cān jiā le liào lǐ jìng sài bìng dé le dì yī míng。My father participated in a cooking contest and came in first.
他将竞选市长。
Tā jiāng jìng xuǎn shì zhǎng。He is going to run for mayor.
to compete, to contend, to vie
竞 has 10 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.
立 is the radical in 竞. It can provide a meaning-side clue.
竞争 (jìngzhēng): to compete; competition; 竞赛 (jìngsài): to compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race; 竞技 (jìngjì): competition of skill (e.g. sports); athletics tournament.