撑住
chēng​zhù

prop up

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

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住 zhù reside

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 主 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

主
主 Sound component
zhǔ master

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrjuHdro(ʔ)-s stop (v.)

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Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Baxter-Sagart

撐 chēng, cheng prop up Traditional

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

牚
牚 Sound component
chēng, chèng

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrtʰaːŋ
Unicodetjæ̌ng

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang