Chinese Character 持 Meanings and components.

Form

持

Meaning

持 meaning[3] in English

To Hold.

To Grasp.

To Support.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 持 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and Buddhist temple (寺)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QGDI

How to write 持

To write持chi2to hold you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 寺si4Buddhist temple arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 寺 = 持

持 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 持 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 持, looks as follow:

持
Pinyin:chi2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Hold . To Grasp . To Support . To Maintain . To Persevere . To Manage . To Run (I.E. Administer) . To Control
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
寺
Pinyin:si4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Buddhist Temple . Mosque . Government Office (Old)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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