漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
携: portable, carry (in hand)
Also: armed with, bring along
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 扌hand(meaning)
- 隽(sound)
扌 carries the meaning · 隽 gives the sound
13 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 連携れんけいcooperation; coordination; collaboration
- 携帯けいたい
- 提携ていけい
- 携帯電話けいたいでんわ
- 携帯ストラップけいたいストラップstraps for mobile phone
たずさえるtazusaeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 携えるたずさえるto carry in one's hand; to carry with one
たずさわるtazusawaru · kun'yomi
- 携わるたずさわるto engage in; to participate in
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
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携 portable · 扌 + 隽
vs雅 gracious · 牙 + 隹In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xié
Same form: 携 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 携 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 携 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xié 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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