挣扎 zhēngzhá Struggle

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Traditional: 掙扎

Stroke order

挣扎 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

挣扎 — the Chinese character for Struggle (zhēngzhá), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 挣扎 — Struggle

挣 — 9 strokes
扎 — 4 strokes

Characters in 挣扎

挣 zhèng — to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
扎 zhā — to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

挣扎 is pronounced zhēngzhá and means “Struggle”.

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