携

See also: 攜

携 U+643A, 携 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-643A ← 搹 [U+6439] CJK Unified Ideographs 搻 → [U+643B]

Translingual

Han character

携 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 手人土尸 (QOGS), composition ⿰扌隽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 448, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12529
• Dae Jaweon: page 799, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1932, character 8
• Unihan data for U+643A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巂) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
孈	*ɢʷeʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *qʰʷes, *ɢʷiʔ
纗	*ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː, *sqʷe, *ɢʷes
攜	*ɡʷeː
蠵	*ɡʷeː, *ɢʷe
鑴	*ɡʷeː, *qʰʷe
驨	*ɡʷeː
酅	*ɡʷeː
雟	*ɡʷeː
讗	*ɡʷeː, *kʷreːɡ
觽	*ɡʷeː
儶	*ɡʷeːs
觿	*qʰʷe
欈	*ɢʷe
瓗	*ɢʷes
携	*ɡʷleː

The original character is 攜. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷleː): semantic ⺘ (“hand”) + phonetic 雟 (OC *ɡʷeː). It expresses the idea of carrying something hanging from the hand. The commonly used modern character is based on a popular simplified form.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 携 – see 攜 (“to carry; to bear; to take along; to take somebody by the hand; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 攜).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

携

(Jōyō kanji)

1. portable

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Kun: たずさわる (tazusawaru, 携わる, Jōyō)、たずさえる (tazusaeru, 携える, Jōyō)

Korean

Hanja

携 (eumhun 멜 휴 (mel hyu))

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