Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) 掙 Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 438, Entry 14 Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced cheng. Broadened Refinements (Boya): To stab. Also, in Collection of Characters (Zihui): Pronounced zheng. Standard Sounds of the Central Plains (Zhongyuan Yayin): Zheng means to file or rasp.