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鬩
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阋
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feud

HSK 10
Human →Actions →Social
xì
ケキ、カク、ゲキ
せめ.ぐ
혁
Components
Traditional (鬩)
鬥 fight+ 兒 youngster =
鬩 feud
鬥 Meaning component
fight
fight
兒 Phonetic component
youngster
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Simplified (阋)
门 gate+ 兒 youngster =
阋 feud
门 Meaning component
mén gate
gate, door, entrance, opening
fight
兒 Phonetic component
youngster
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Notes
Similar Characters
鬧 stir up trouble (trad)鬨 boisterous (trad)鬭 woodwork倪 feeble霓 variegated猊 wild睨 look askance at阋 fight (simp)鯢 cryptobranchus (trad)鲵 cryptobranchus (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鬩
Regular
Modern
Chinese
阋 / 鬩 [xì]
to argue; to quarrel
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
兄弟阋墙 [xiōng​dì​xì​qiáng] #62,970
internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮 [xiōng​dì​xì​yú​qiáng​, ​wài​yù​qí​wǔ]
internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
JAPANESE WORDS (4)
せめぎ合う [せめぎあう] #28,078
to fight each other
せめぎ合い [せめぎあい] #50,749
conflict
兄弟牆に鬩ぐ [けいていかきにせめぐ]
to quarrel among friends (or siblings)
鬩ぐ [せめぐ]
to be mutually bitter