掙

See also: 挣

Translingual

Han character

掙 (radical 64 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手月尸木 (QBSD), four-corner 5205₇, composition ⿰扌爭)

1. to strive, endeavor, struggle
2. to earn
3. to pierce
4. to wedge in

References

• KangXi: page 438, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12265
• Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 3, page 1901, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6399

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Cantonese

Hanzi

掙 (simplified 挣, Jyutping zaang1, zaang6, zang1, Yale jaang1, jaang6, jang1)

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Japanese

Kanji

掙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: そう (sō), しょう (shō)
• Kun: さす (sasu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

掙 (simplified 挣, Pinyin zhēng (zheng1), Wade-Giles cheng¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掙 (tránh, giành, tranh)

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