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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zhēng - used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]
zhèng - to struggle to get free
- to strive to acquire
- to make (money)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 2,822 6,269 5,419

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

To fight 争 by hand 扌; 争 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 2,822 6,269 5,419
挣扎 6 7 3,661 6,020 4,360
挣钱 5 5 5,926 8,916 5,643
挣脱 - - 11,723 16,846 14,750
垂死挣扎 - - 20,254 47,020 38,437