持
to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #920 U+6301
How 持 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 寺 (phonetic, sì)
How to remember it
support · Heisig RSH #595
fingers + 寺 Buddhist temple
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 寺
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 寺 (sì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寺 sound component | sì | court, office; temple, monastery |
| 特 | tè | special, unique, distinguished |
| 诗 | shī | poetry; poem, verse, ode |
| 侍 | shì | to serve, to attend upon; servant, attendant; samurai |
| 恃 | shì | to trust, to rely on; to presume |
| 峙 | zhì | to pile, to stack; to stand tall |
| 痔 | zhì | piles, hemorrhoids |
Words containing 持
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 相持不下 | xiāng chí bù xià | at a stalemate; deadlocked; in unrelenting mutual opposition |
| 持不同政见者 | chí bù tóng zhèng jiàn zhě | (political) dissident |
| 老成持重 | lǎo chéng chí zhòng | old and wise; experienced and knowledgeable |
| 共同主持人 | gòng tóng zhǔ chí rén | (Tw) (in a research project) co-principal investigator, or co-PI |
| 持不同政见 | chí bù tóng zhèng jiàn | (politically) dissenting; dissident |
| 持国天 | Chí guó tiān | Dhritarashtra (one of the Four Heavenly Kings) |
| 持有人 | chí yǒu rén | holder |
| 主持人 | zhǔ chí rén | host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor; (Tw) (research project) princ… |
| 持平之论 | chí píng zhī lùn | fair argument; unbiased view |
| 水土保持 | shuǐ tǔ bǎo chí | soil conservation |
| 持卡人 | chí kǎ rén | cardholder |
| 维持生活 | wéi chí shēng huó | to subsist; to eke out a living; to keep body and soul together |
| 协同主持人 | xié tóng zhǔ chí rén | (Tw) (in a research project) collaborator of the investigator(s) |
| 倒持太阿 | dào chí Tài ē | variant of 倒持泰阿[dao4 chi2 Tai4 e1] |
| 保持器 | bǎo chí qì | (orthodontics) retainer |
| 自持 | zì chí | to control onself; to exercise self-restraint; self-sustaining |
| 持家 | chí jiā | to housekeep; to run one's household |
| 把持不定 | bǎ chí bù dìng | indecisive (idiom) |
| 持有 | chí yǒu | to hold (passport, views etc) |
| 持平 | chí píng | to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc); fair; unbiased |