Memory phrase for the character: 挣

挣

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Meaning

struggle to get free, throw off, earn (money)

Pronunciation

zhēng, zhèng

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: dispute/fight 争 (The bent person ⺈ with a stick 亅 in the hand is looking for a dispute.)

Mnemonic
 
Use your hand in the fight to get free and earn money.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
争 dispute, fight




 Vocabulary

挣扎 zhēng zhá  to struggle
挣脱 zhèng tuō  to throw off; to struggle free of
垂死挣扎 chuí sǐ zhēng zhá  deathbed struggle; final struggle (idiom)
垂死挣扎 chuí sǐ zhēng zhá  

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