zhēngzhèng

strive

To fight  by hand  also provides the pronunciation

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

爭 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

zhēng

  

strife, quarrel

Evolution

掙 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
掙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zhēng

to strive, endeavor, struggle; to earn; to pierce; to wedge in; see 掙扎|挣扎[zhēng​zhá]

() 

zhèng

to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)

Most common words with 掙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to make (money)

挣扎

to struggle

挣钱

to make money

挣脱

to throw off

垂死挣扎

deathbed struggle