Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "掙", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "掙", and master the standard way of writing the character "掙".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 掙
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "掙" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
掙 [zhēng]
1. Struggle or strive to support or get free, as in “dying struggle.”
2. Exert strength to obtain.
掙 [zhèng]
(verb)
1. Struggle to get free.
Example: “That fool struggled left and right, but could not get his hand free.”
2. Support with effort.
Example: "Lin Chong was impeded, unable to exert himself properly."
3. Exert one's strength.
4. Earn or acquire with effort, as in “to earn money.”
5. To embellish.
Example: “Putting a mirror in the box to make the face shine.”
6. Stare blankly; be in a daze.
Example: “Unable to go to the temple, it made my mother-in-law very upset.”
掙 [zhèng]
(adjective)
1. Beautiful.
Example: “It is splendid, all things rushed for it, just lacking the heavenly robe, it is like the Guanyin statue made of clay.”
2. See also zhēng.