掙 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 11 strokes

Meaning

strive, endeavor, struggle

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウ
  • ショウ
Kun (native)
  • さ(す)
Other languages
  • 拼音zheng1
  • 拼音zheng4
  • Hán-ViệtTranh
  • Hán-ViệtTránh
  • Hán-ViệtTrênh
  • Hán-ViệtGiành
  • Hán-ViệtTrếnh

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 4
Unicode
U+6399

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌爭

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8