How to Write 讧 (hòng) — Meaning “Internal strife”

Imagine two coworkers (工) arguing with each other using speech (讠) inside an office, creating internal strife. The 工 component also looks like a person standing with arms crossed, refusing to cooperate. This visual of a verbal fight among colleagues helps link the form to the meaning of infighting.

Write the radical 讠 first with two strokes: a dot and a curving line, then the right side 工 with three strokes: horizontal, vertical, horizontal. A common mistake is making the left radical too wide or forgetting the dot at the top. Keep the left side narrow and the right side balanced so the character looks compact.

讧 means 'internal strife', while 计 means 'to calculate' or 'a plan', and 订 means 'to conclude' or 'subscribe'. Visually, 讧 uses 工 on the right, 计 uses 十 (ten), and 订 uses 丁 (a nail or fourth). Their meanings are unrelated despite sharing the same speech radical.

讧 is mostly found in the word 内讧 (nèi hòng), meaning infighting within a group like a company, family, or political party. It is not a common standalone character and appears in formal or news contexts describing internal conflicts. There is no strong cultural note, but the character often implies harmful, disruptive disagreements.

Common words containing 讧 include: 内讧 (nèi hòng) — internal strife; infighting; 讧乱 (hòng luàn) — Internal disorder and strife; 讧争 (hòng zhēng) — Internal conflict.