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持

JLPT N4 SL3 9 strokes Frequency: #119

Meanings

Hold, Have

Radicals

扌

Decomposition

⿰扌寺

Etymology

Pictophonetic: hand

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 vertical right-to-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

9 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジ ji

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

も mo

Words Using This Kanji

373 words total

Other (20 words)

所持者しょじしゃ

owner

所持品しょじひん

things at hand

持ちがよいもちがいい

long-lasting

傘持ちかさもち

umbrella carrier

長持ちながもち

long-lasting

刀持ちかたなもち

swordbearer

grasp

迫持せりもち

arch

鼻持ちならぬはなもちならぬ

intolerable

品質保持期限ひんしつほじきげん

freshness assured through this date

salary (paid in rice to a samurai)

平和維持軍へいわいじぐん

peace-keeping force

平和維持へいわいじ

peacekeeping

平和維持活動へいわいじかつどう

peace-keeping operation

片持ちかたもち

cantilever

持ち合いもちあい

unity

保持者ほじしゃ

holder (of a record, title, permit, etc.)

retention

力持ちちからもち

muscleman

金持ちかねもち

rich person

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