撑拒
chēng​jù

resist

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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拒 jù resist

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 巨 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

巨
巨 Sound component
jù large

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaʔ
Unicodeghiǔ

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Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

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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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang