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chēng

to support, to prop up, to brace; overflowing

🔤 Pictophonetic: 扌 (hand) provides meaning, 掌 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 15 strokes Common (22%)

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Component Breakdown

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in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot

⿰扌掌 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shǒu

扌

hand

📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手

3 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

jué

亅

hook

1 strokes

zhǎng

掌

in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot

🔤 Pictophonetic: 手 (hand) provides meaning, 尚 provides pronunciation

12 strokes HSK 5

shàng

尚

still, yet; even; fairly, rather

8 strokes HSK 5

⿱⺌冂

Radical component

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

shǒu

手

hand

📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed

4 strokes HSK 2

Words Using 撑 (20)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

支撑 ↗

zhīchēng

to prop up / to support / strut / brace

zhīchēng

支撑 ↗

HSK 6

to prop up / to support / strut / brace

撑 ↗

chēng

to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support

chēng

撑 ↗

to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support

撑拒 ↗

chēngjù

to resist / to struggle / to sustain

chēngjù

撑拒 ↗

to resist / to struggle / to sustain

撑持 ↗

chēngchí

(fig.) to sustain / to shore up

chēngchí

撑持 ↗

(fig.) to sustain / to shore up

full to the point of bursting / (coll.) at most

chēngsǐ

撑死 ↗

full to the point of bursting / (coll.) at most

撑死胆大的，饿死胆小的 ↗

chēngsǐdǎndàde,èsǐdǎnxiǎode

fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)

chēngsǐdǎndàde,èsǐdǎnxiǎode

撑死胆大的，饿死胆小的 ↗

fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)

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