# 掙

| 掙 | U+6399, &#25497; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6399 |
| ← 掘 [U+6398] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 掚 → [U+639A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

掙 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手月尸木 (QBSD), four-corner 5205$_7$, composition ⿰扌爭)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 438, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12265
* Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 1901, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6399

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 爭.

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhèng, zhēng (zheng$^4$, zheng$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ, ㄓㄥ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зын (zɨn, III)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaang$^1$ / zang$^1$ / zaang$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cĕng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chng / cheng / chiⁿ / chiāⁿ
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhèng
*** Wade–Giles: chêng$^4$
*** Yale: jèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenq
*** Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jheng
*** Wade–Giles: chêng$^1$
*** Yale: jēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeng
*** Palladius: чжэн (čžɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Mainland:
** zhēng - used only in 掙扎 (zhēngzhá).
* Taiwan:
** zhèng - "to earn (money)";
** zhēng - other senses.

### Definitions

掙
* to struggle to get free
    掙扎／挣扎 ― zhēngzhā ― to struggle
    掙斷繩索／挣断绳索 ― zhèng duàn shéngsuǒ ― to break oneself free from a rope
    From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16th century CE
    Nà dāizi zuǒ zhèng yòu zhèng, zhèng bù dé tuōshǒu. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* to struggle to support
* to earn; to make
    掙面子／挣面子 ― zhèng miànzi ― to earn "face" from others
       Nǐ měi ge yuè zhèng duōshao qián? [Pinyin]
       How much do you make each month?
* to hold open (with force)

#### Synonyms

* (to earn):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 掙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 掙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 賺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 掙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 掙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 掙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 賺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 尋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 掙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 搵 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 搵 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 賺, 搵 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 掙 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 做 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 掙 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 趁 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 趁 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 趁 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 趁 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 掙 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 近 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 掙 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 掙 |

### Compounds

* 呆呆掙掙／呆呆挣挣
* 呆掙／呆挣
* 囈掙／呓挣
* 垂死掙扎
* 展掙／展挣
* 彈掙／弹挣
* 扎掙
* 打掙／打挣
* 掙命／挣命 (zhèngmìng)
* 掙扎 (zhēngzhá)
* 掙挫／挣挫
* 掙揣／挣揣 (zhèngchuài)
* 掙脫／挣脱 (zhèngtuō)
* 掙臉／挣脸
* 掙錢／挣钱 (zhèngqián)
* 掙開／挣开
* 掙䦟／挣䦷
* 放懞掙／放蒙挣
* 痴掙／痴挣
* 硬掙／硬挣
* 立掙／立挣
* 馬掙力戰／马挣力战

### References

* “掙”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to wrench open
* to ((force)) with all one's might

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): そう (sō)、しょう (shō)
* Kun: さす (sasu)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

掙: Hán Nôm readings: tránh, giành
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