挣
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to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
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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
How to remember it
struggle · Heisig RSH #2223
fingers + 争 contend
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 挣
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |