挣 zhèng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 争 to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
挣钱
zhèngqián
to earn money
Characters in this word
钱 qián
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 戋 small, narrow
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我想挣钱。 Wǒ xiǎng zhèng qián. I want to make money.
- 他努力挣钱。 Tā nǔlì zhèng qián. He works hard to earn money.
- 挣钱不容易。 Zhèng qián bù róngyì. Earning money is not easy.