持 (chí)
to hold; to maintain; to persevere; to manage
How 持 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 持
- Simplified
- 持 (unchanged)
Components
- 扌 hand
- 土 earth
- 寸 thumb
Common words using 持
- 堅持 jiānchí
- to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
- 支持 zhīchí
- to be in favor of; to support; to back
- 主持 zhǔchí
- to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over
- 主持人 zhǔchírén
- TV or radio presenter; host; anchor
- 保持 bǎochí
- to keep; to maintain; to hold
- 持續 chíxù
- to continue; to persist; sustainable
- 維持 wéichí
- to keep; to maintain; to preserve
- 住持 zhùchí
- to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist; abbot; head monk
- 僵持 jiāngchí
- to be deadlocked
- 劫持 jiéchí
- to kidnap; to hijack; to abduct
- 受持 shòuchí
- to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism)
- 可持續 kěchíxù
- sustainable
持 in a sentence
請大家保持安全距離。
Qǐng dàjiā bǎochí ānquán jùlí.
“Everyone please maintain a safe distance.”
How common is 持?
持 is the 357th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 68.5% of all running text.
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