持

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

持 (radical 64 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手土木戈 (QGDI), four-corner 5404₁, composition ⿰扌寺)

1. sustain, support
2. patron
3. hold, grasp

References

• KangXi: page 429, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12019
• Dae Jaweon: page 778, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1866, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6301

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Cantonese

Hanzi

持 (Yale chi4)

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Japanese

Kanji

持 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: じ (ji), ち (chi)
• Kun: もつ (motsu), もち (mochi)

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Korean

Hanja

持 (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

持 (pinyin chí (chi2), Wade-Giles ch'ih²)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

持 (POJ tî, chhî)

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Vietnamese

Han character

持 (trì, chày, chiì, ghiì, giầy, trầy, chì, ghì, nghỉ, trờ)