| 挣 | |||
| strive, endeavor, struggle | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 6 | Total Strokes | 9 |
| Mandarin reading | zhēng zhèng | Cantonese reading | |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 掙 | to strive, endeavor, struggle; to earn; to pierce; to wedge in | |
| 挣 | [ zhēng ] see 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2] |
| 挣 | [ zhèng ] to struggle to get free, to strive to acquire, to make (money) |
| 挣得 | [ zhèng dé ] to earn (income), to make (money) |
| 挣扎 | [ zhēng zhá ] to struggle |
| 挣脱 | [ zhèng tuō ] to throw off, to struggle free of, Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1] |
| 挣钱 | [ zhèng qián ] to make money |
| ⇒ 垂死挣扎 | [ chuí sǐ zhēng zhá ] deathbed struggle, final struggle (idiom) |
| ⇒ 撒呓挣 | [ sā yì zhēng ] somniloquy, to talk or act in one's sleep, sleep-walking |