持

持 U+6301, 持
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6301
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Translingual

Stroke order
9 strokes

Han character

持 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手土木戈 (QGDI), four-corner 54041, composition ⿰扌寺)

Derived characters

  • 𱓙, 𣖖, 𥻣, 𧎋, 𨃌, 𨨲, 𩹭, 𤸟

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 429, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12019
  • Dae Jaweon: page 778, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1866, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6301

Chinese

trad. 持
simp. # 持
alternative forms 寺

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *l'ɯ) : semantic 手 + phonetic 寺 (OC *ljɯs).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 持
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直之切
Baxter dri
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖɨ/
Li
Rong
/ȡiə/
Wang
Li
/ȡĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ci4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 持
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chí
Middle
Chinese
‹ dri ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]rə/
English grasp, hold

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 持
Reading # 1/1
No. 12031
Phonetic
component
寺
Rime
group
之
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
治
Old
Chinese
/*l'ɯ/

Definitions

持

  1. to hold; to grasp
    持刀搶劫/持刀抢劫  ―  chí dāo qiǎngjié  ―  to carry out a robbery with a knife
  2. to hold (views, opinions, etc.)
    持不同看法  ―  chí bùtóng kànfǎ  ―  to hold different views
    持反對態度/持反对态度  ―  chí fǎnduì tàidù  ―  to be opposed
  3. to manage; to run
    持家  ―  chíjiā  ―  to run one's home; to housekeep
  4. to sustain; to support
    維持/维持  ―  wéichí  ―  to maintain
    持之以恆/持之以恒  ―  chízhīyǐhéng  ―  to persevere
    持國天王/持国天王  ―  Chíguó Tiānwáng  ―  Heavenly King who Upholds the Nation (calque of Sanskrit धृतराष्ट्र Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
  5. to oppose (each other)
    僵持  ―  jiāngchí  ―  to be locked in a stalemate
    相持不下  ―  xiàngchíbùxià  ―  to be locked in a stalemate
  6. to control; to hold under duress
    劫持  ―  jiéchí  ―  to hold under duress

Compounds

  • 主持 (zhǔchí)
  • 主持人 (zhǔchírén)
  • 交持
  • 人持各見/人持各见
  • 以一持萬/以一持万
  • 住持 (zhùchí)
  • 作持戒
  • 保持 (bǎochí)
  • 修持
  • 倒持干戈 (dàochí gāngē)
  • 倒持泰阿
  • 僵持 (jiāngchí)
  • 僵持不下 (jiāngchíbùxià)
  • 凌持
  • 力持
  • 加持 (jiāchí)
  • 劫持 (jiéchí)
  • 匡持
  • 各持己見/各持己见 (gèchíjǐjiàn)
  • 啜持
  • 四個堅持/四个坚持
  • 土壤保持
  • 堅持/坚持 (jiānchí)
  • 堅持不懈/坚持不懈 (jiānchíbùxiè)
  • 堅持到底/坚持到底
  • 增持 (zēngchí)
  • 太阿倒持 (Tài'ē dàochí)
  • 奉持
  • 如持左券
  • 扶危持顛/扶危持颠
  • 扶急持傾/扶急持倾
  • 把持 (bǎchí)
  • 扶持 (fúchí)
  • 把持不住
  • 把持不定
  • 把素持齋/把素持斋
  • 扶顛持危/扶颠持危
  • 抱持 (bàochí)
  • 持久 (chíjiǔ)
  • 持久之計/持久之计
  • 持久戰/持久战 (chíjiǔzhàn)
  • 持之以恆/持之以恒 (chízhīyǐhéng)
  • 持之有故 (chízhīyǒugù)
  • 持人長短/持人长短
  • 持兩端/持两端
  • 持刀動杖/持刀动杖
  • 持刀弄棒
  • 持勝/持胜
  • 持危扶顛/持危扶颠
  • 持家 (chíjiā)
  • 持左券
  • 持平 (chípíng)
  • 持平之論/持平之论
  • 持循
  • 持戒
  • 持戟 (chíjǐ)
  • 持旺
  • 持更
  • 持服
  • 持橐簪筆/持橐簪笔
  • 持正
  • 持正不撓/持正不挠
  • 持正不阿
  • 持法 (chífǎ)
  • 持滿/持满
  • 持滿戒盈/持满戒盈
  • 持牢
  • 持球
  • 持用
  • 持疑不決/持疑不决
  • 持盈
  • 持盈保泰
  • 持盈守成
  • 持盈守虛/持盈守虚
  • 持祿/持禄
  • 持祿保位/持禄保位
  • 持祿取容/持禄取容
  • 持祿固寵/持禄固宠
  • 持祿養交/持禄养交
  • 持祿養身/持禄养身
  • 持筆/持笔
  • 持節/持节
  • 持籌握算/持筹握算
  • 持續/持续 (chíxù)
  • 持螯
  • 持蠡測海/持蠡测海
  • 持行
  • 持衡
  • 持衡擁璇/持衡拥璇
  • 持論/持论
  • 持謝/持谢
  • 持身
  • 持重 (chízhòng)
  • 持阻
  • 持養/持养
  • 持齋/持斋 (chízhāi)
  • 持齋受戒/持斋受戒
  • 持齋把素/持斋把素
  • 挾持/挟持 (xiéchí)
  • 振裘持領/振裘持领
  • 控持
  • 撐持/撑持 (chēngchí)
  • 撐持門戶/撑持门户
  • 操持 (cāochí)
  • 擐甲持戈 (huànjiǎ chí gē)
  • 攜持/携持
  • 支持 (zhīchí)
  • 料持
  • 曠日持久/旷日持久 (kuàngrìchíjiǔ)
  • 止持戒
  • 水土保持 (shuǐtǔ bǎochí)
  • 泰阿倒持
  • 減持/减持 (jiǎnchí)
  • 爭持/争持 (zhēngchí)
  • 爭持不下/争持不下
  • 獨力難持/独力难持
  • 獨持異議/独持异议
  • 畢卓持螯/毕卓持螯
  • 相持 (xiāngchí)
  • 相持不下 (xiāngchíbùxià)
  • 矜持 (jīnchí)
  • 禁持
  • 秉持 (bǐngchí)
  • 維持/维持 (wéichí)
  • 老成持重 (lǎochéng chízhòng)
  • 脅持/胁持
  • 自持 (zìchí)
  • 行持
  • 護持/护持
  • 遇物持平
  • 鋪持/铺持

Japanese

Kanji

持

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. hold, have

Readings

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

持 • (ji) (hangeul 지)

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Vietnamese

Han character

持: Hán Nôm readings: trì, chày, chiì, ghiì, giầy, trầy, chì, ghì, nghỉ, trờ

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