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競 means 'compete'

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Strokes : 20    Frequency: 599   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-4    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 39    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 72 words   Used in 160 words   Used in 96 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   キョウ   ケイ
Kun
   きそう   せる to compete
Additional readings
Kun    くらべる
Name    かい   わたなべ
Notes
The doubled element 竞 (stand on your elder brother) exists as a rare kanji.
Components
⿰  ⿱  立 stand  兄 elder brother; brother  ⿱  立 stand  兄 elder brother; brother  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 競 is used 9 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 競 is used 154 times, read 5 ways (with 2 variations).
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キョウ : 109 words FIND ALL
き ょ う そ う 0
1. competition; contest
2. to compete
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ケイ : 12 words FIND ALL
け い ば 0
horse racing
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くらべる : 17 words FIND ALL
お し く ら 0
noun
children's game in which (at least three) people stand back to back to each other and shove vigorously backwards  (see also: 押し競べ; abbreviation)
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せる (read as せり) : 7 words FIND ALL
せ り ば 0
noun
auction hall; auction site; place where auctions take place
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せる : 5 words FIND ALL
せ り あ う 3
Most common form: 競合う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with
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きそう : 3 words FIND ALL
き そ う 2
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to compete with
2. to emulate
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せる (read as ぜ) : 1 word FIND ALL
こ ぜ り あ い 2
1. skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy
2. squabble; quarrel; brief argument; exchange of words
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An additional きそ.う less common words include 競 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 487 (originally: 463)  Joy o' Kanji : 463  Key to Kanji: 207 

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競
キョウ   ケイ   きそう    せる to compete   
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
兄
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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儿
legs
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