xié

lead by hand

(攜) xié
carry verb
to carry, take, or bring someone or something along

News of him absconding with the money spread quickly through the village.

hold hands verb
to hold hands or lead someone by the hand

Grandpa held his little grandson's hand tightly as they walked slowly across the street.

Frequency

Character
Written text
1,964th most common 38.5 per million
Movie subtitles
2,226th most common 13.6 per million appears in 8% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.28 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
14.7 per million

Details

Simplified
Strokes
21
Unicode
U+651C

Sources