used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]
to struggle to get free / to strive to acquire / to make (money)

= + : The grim reaper (争) comes to the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) to take James II of England (zh) with him. James II of England struggles (挣) to get free, but the grim reaper tightly grabs his back with a toy claw (扌).

挣 character breakdown

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: The grim reaper, as 争 is often used in words involving war (...战争). In front of the engine ((e)ng1), the grim reaper (争) marks his next victims in passing. With a crayon (肀) he draws big "X"s on the crane (⺈) and James II of England (zh).

Characters with 挣 as component

挣 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 挣

to throw off / to struggle free of / Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1]
deathbed struggle / final struggle (idiom)
(coll.) to talk in one's sleep; to sleepwalk
to earn (income) / to make (money)

Sentences with 挣

挣 currently does not appear in any sentence.