挣
zhèngzhēng HSK5

strive

挣 掙 zhèng frequency
to earn verb
to earn money or acquire property through labor or effort

税后我挣3万美元一年。

shuì​hòu wǒ zhèng3 wàn měi​yuán yī nián.

I make $30,000 a year after taxes.

信任是挣来的。

xìn​rèn shì zhèng lái de.

Trust is earned.

to break free verb
to struggle or exert force to break loose from restraints or bonds
to strive for
to vie for or struggle to gain honor or reputation
挣 掙 zhēng
(bound form) struggle verb
(bound form) Used exclusively in the word 挣扎 zhēng​zhá.

Cross-References

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1,875th most common 42.9 per million
Movie subtitles
1,568th most common 38.7 per million appears in 19% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
24.3 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
16.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
掙
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+6323

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)