擎
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to raise; to hold up; to lift up
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,361 U+64CE
How 擎 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
手 (semantic, “hand”) + 敬 (phonetic, jìng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 敬
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 敬 (jìng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敬 sound component | jìng | to respect, to honor; respectfully |
| 警 | jǐng | to guard, to watch; alarm, alert |
| 儆 | jǐng | to warn; warning |
| 檠 | qíng | lamp stand; bow frame |
Words containing 擎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人肉搜索引擎 | rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng | (neologism, attested by 2003) human flesh search engine; crowdsourced online search for in… |
| 一柱擎天 | yī zhù qíng tiān | lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom); fig. to take a crucial responsibility … |
| 众擎易举 | zhòng qíng yì jǔ | many hands make light work (idiom) |
| 擎拳合掌 | qíng quán hé zhǎng | to clasp hands; to put one's palms together (in obeisance) |
| 搜索引擎 | sōu suǒ yǐn qíng | search engine |
| 引擎盖 | yǐn qíng gài | (car) hood; bonnet |
| 搜寻引擎 | sōu xún yǐn qíng | (Tw, HK) search engine |
| 引擎 | yǐn qíng | engine (loanword); CL:臺|台[tai2] |