Read Edit View history Discussion 持 chí HSK3 sustain Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 寺 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas chí × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 扌 is a component form of 手. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 持 Simp strokes 持 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 持 Simp strokes 持 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 持 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 144, 512 ], [ 204, 509 ], [ 370, 553 ], [ 417, 554 ] ], [ [ 269, 786 ], [ 286, 778 ], [ 317, 744 ], [ 307, 452 ], [ 310, 130 ], [ 289, 71 ], [ 200, 114 ], [ 199, 121 ], [ 188, 122 ] ], [ [ 54, 240 ], [ 101, 234 ], [ 350, 408 ] ], [ [ 496, 600 ], [ 519, 595 ], [ 569, 598 ], [ 706, 637 ], [ 785, 646 ] ], [ [ 600, 833 ], [ 648, 791 ], [ 638, 512 ], [ 621, 492 ] ], [ [ 414, 444 ], [ 465, 435 ], [ 602, 465 ], [ 841, 500 ], [ 916, 482 ] ], [ [ 421, 289 ], [ 476, 285 ], [ 795, 347 ], [ 843, 347 ], [ 892, 335 ] ], [ [ 682, 427 ], [ 728, 380 ], [ 722, 27 ], [ 703, -3 ], [ 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735,311 753,313Z", "M663,39C638,44 614,49 590,55C582,57 578,56 579,50C579,46 583,41 590,36C640,-6 675,-40 694,-66C702,-76 712,-77 724,-68C748,-46 759,-11 758,37C753,71 751,143 751,273C751,283 751,303 753,313C757,348 757,348 759,366C759,372 766,382 765,387C765,393 761,398 755,403C738,418 720,428 700,434C687,439 678,439 673,433C669,429 670,421 678,411C688,393 695,373 697,352C698,322 698,322 699,307C705,141 700,53 685,41C679,37 671,36 663,39Z", "M502,198C523,167 540,144 560,134C568,130 576,134 583,141C588,148 591,157 590,168C585,201 558,214 522,230C511,235 500,237 494,235C490,235 488,231 489,223C489,217 494,209 502,198Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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