撐 chēng HSK6 prop up Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand hand 牚 牚 Sound component chēng, chèng Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangrtʰaːŋUnicodetjæ̌ng Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 撑 chēng, cheng prop up Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 掌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撐. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 掌 掌 Sound component zhǎng, zhang palm of hand Sources Readings & variants Unicode
