掙

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Simplified Form: 挣

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhēng
Cantonese: zaang1 zaang6 zang1
JapaneseKun: SASU
JapaneseOn: SOU SHOU
Vietnamese: tránh

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to strive, endeavor, struggle; to earn; to pierce; to wedge in

CE-Dict: to earn/to make (money)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to make efforts; to strive
2.to get free from
zheng
ㄓㄥA
1.to struggle (for one's life, etc.)
2.to earn (money, etc.)

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: earn; struggle to get free; wriggle

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: earn; struggle to get free; wriggle

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】掙
【集韻】初耕切，音鐺。【博雅】刺也。　又【字彙】側迸切，音諍。【中原雅音】掙，剉也。

CF-Dict: se libérer de/se débarrasser de/s'arracher de/gagner

Han-De-Dict: sich befreien, abschütteln, sich frei machen von etw. (u.E.) (V)/sich einhandeln, verdienen, erweben (u.E.) (V)