挣扎 zhēngzhá HSK7 struggle Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 挣 zhēng, zhèng strive Simplified To fight 争 by hand 扌; 争 also provides the pronunciation Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 争 争 SoundMeaning component zhēng strife, quarrel Sources Readings & variants Unicode 扎 zhā, zhá pull up A hand 扌 tying a bundle with string 乚 Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 乚 乚 Meaning component yǐn, yà turning stroke Component uses Meaning (0 of 1 verified) 紥 Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangsqriːd Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 掙 zhēng, zhèng strive Traditional To fight 爭 by hand 扌; 爭 also provides the pronunciation Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 爭 爭 SoundMeaning component zhēng strife, quarrel Character Evolution Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical images Academia Sinica