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持

chí

to hold, to support, to sustain

🔤 Pictophonetic: 扌 (hand) provides meaning, 寺 provides pronunciation
HSK 4 9 strokes Very Common (4%)
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Component Breakdown

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扌
shǒu
hand
寺
sì
court, office; temple, monastery
⿰扌寺 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

shǒu
扌
hand
📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手
3 strokes
sì
寺
court, office; temple, monastery
💡 Ideographic: An offering 土 in your hand 寸
6 strokes HSK 6

Words Using 持 (78)

zhīchí
支持 ↗
HSK 4
to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
jiānchí
坚持 ↗
HSK 4
to persevere with / to persist in / to insist on
bǎochí
保持 ↗
HSK 5
to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve
zhǔchí
主持 ↗
HSK 5
to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor
chíxù
持续 ↗
HSK 5
to continue / to persist / sustainable / preservation
chíjiǔ
持久 ↗
HSK 6
lasting / enduring / persistent / permanent / protracted / endurance / persistence / to last long
wéichí
维持 ↗
HSK 6
to keep / to maintain / to preserve
chí
持 ↗
to hold / to grasp / to support / to maintain / to persevere / to manage / to run (i.e. administer) / to control
zhǔchírén
主持人 ↗
TV or radio presenter / host / anchor
chíyǒu
持有 ↗
to hold (passport, views etc)
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