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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)

components: 敬 手

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 敬

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 敬 (jìng) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
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

WordPinyinMeaning
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]