Japanese Kanji
競kyou
emulate · compete with · bid
Grade 4 · JLPT N2 · 20 strokes
Emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race.
競 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N2 (upper intermediate) level. With 20 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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