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挣

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to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,436 U+6323

How 挣 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

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

components: 扌 争

How to remember it

struggle · Heisig RSH #2223

fingers + 争 contend

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 挣

WordPinyinMeaning
垂死挣扎 chuí sǐ zhēng zhá deathbed struggle; final struggle (idiom)
挣得 zhèng dé to earn (income); to make (money)
挣钱 zhèng qián to make money
挣脱 zhèng tuō to throw off; to struggle free of; Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1]
挣扎 zhēng zhá to struggle
撒呓挣 sā yì zheng (coll.) to talk in one's sleep; to sleepwalk
挣揣 zhèng chuài see 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]