挣揣
zhèng​chuài

struggle

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

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揣 chuāi put things under clothes

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 耑 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

耑
耑 Sound component
duān, zhuān tip, start, extremity

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsrhjweXs-tʰ<r>orʔto measure; to estimate
Zhengzhangtoːlʔ
sʰrolʔ

說文解字

量也。从手耑聲。度高曰揣。一曰捶之。

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Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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 form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Sources

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Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica