漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
持: hold, have
JLPT N49 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 寺 gives the sound
9 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ジji · on'yomi · in compounds
- 持参するじさんするbring
- 支持するしじするsupport [v.t.]
- 維持するいじするmaintain
もつmotsu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 持つもつhold
- 持って行くもっていくtake
- 持って来るもってくるbring
-もち-mochi · kun'yomi
- 金持ちかねもちrich person
- 気持ちきもちfeeling
Also read もてる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)手 (meaning) + 寺 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 持 (rev. 93448369), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Hand radical (扌) + temple/measure (寺) = a hand holding onto something with the same stability and care as a sacred temple.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side持 hold · 扌
vs待 wait · 彳In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chí
Same form: 持 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 持 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 持 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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