U+6323 "挣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
挣
U+6323 "挣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meaning of "to struggle" or "to strive" in the context of making an effort to obtain something, such as earning money, or to free oneself from a constraint, like a physical or metaphorical bind. In modern Mandarin, it is commonly used in words like "挣钱" (zhèng qián, meaning to earn money) where it implies active exertion to gain a livelihood, and "挣脱" (zhèng tuō, meaning to break free) where it suggests a forceful escape from restraint. This character belongs to the radical 手 (hand), reflecting its connection to physical action or effort.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6323 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 挣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 挣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x8C 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6323 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006323 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6323 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCangjie | QNSD |
| kCantonese | zang1 |
| kDefinition | strive, endeavor, struggle |
| kEACC | 4B412A |
| kFourCornerCode | 5705 |
| kGB0 | 5385 |
| kGB1 | 5385 |
| kHanYu | 31874.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | zhēng(43) zhèng(33) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31874.060:zhēng,zhèng |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31874.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0431.171 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5575 |
| kIRG_TSource | T4-295B |
| kTGH | 2013:1391 |
| kKangXi | 0431.171 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2197 |
| kMandarin | zhēng |
| kPhonetic | 32* |
| kRSUnicode | 64.6 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 473.050:zhēng 474.070:zhèng |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "掙" U+6399 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1472.040:zhēng 1478.050:zhèng |