| 楚 | chǔ | distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old); surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 and Hunan 湖南省 provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC) |
| 汉 | hàn | man; Han ethnic group; Chinese (language); the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) |
| 相 | xiāng | each other; one another; mutually |
| 相 | xiàng | appearance; portrait; picture |
| 争 | zhēng | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (topolect); how or what (literary) |
| 相争 | xiāng zhēng | to vie against one another; to fight each other; mutual aggression |
