Chinese Character 挣 Meanings and components.

Form

挣

Meaning

挣 meaning[3] in English

See 掙扎|挣扎[Zheng1 Zha2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 挣 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and to strive for (争)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QNSD

How to write 挣

To write挣zheng1see 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 争zheng1to strive … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 争 = 挣

挣 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 挣 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 挣, looks as follow:

挣
Pinyin:zheng1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: See 掙扎|挣扎[Zheng1 Zha2]
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
争
Pinyin:zheng1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Strive For . To Vie For . To Argue Or Debate . Deficient Or Lacking (Dialect) . How Or What (Literary)
𠂊
Pinyin:𠂊5 Shape:一
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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