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Chinese character

掙

zhēng

to struggle, to strive, to endeavor

11 strokesRadical 扌Traditional

Meaning

Definitions are in English.
  • to struggle, to strive, to endeavor
  • used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]
  • to struggle to get free
  • to strive to acquire
  • to make (money)

Pinyin

zhēngzhèng

Simplified / Traditional

挣→掙

Etymology hint · Ideographic

To fight 爭 by hand 扌; 爭 also provides the pronunciation

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掙

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