123456789Keywordto struggleto striveto endeavorFrequency#1846Strokes9Readingszhèng50%zhēng50%MnemonicTo fight 争 by hand 扌; 争 also provides the pronunciationStroke orderComposed of扌hand争to striveUsed in vocabulary挣扎zhēngzháto struggle挣zhèngto struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)挣钱zhèngqiánto make money挣脱zhèngtuōto throw off; to struggle free of; Taiwan pr. zhēngtuō挣得zhèngdéto earn (income); to make (money)垂死挣扎chuísǐzhēngzhádeathbed struggle; final struggle (idiom)