硬撑 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

yìngchēng

tough it out

yìng hard

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 更 represents the sound.

石 Meaning component

shí stone

更 Sound component

gèng, gēng more

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 掌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撐.

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

掌 Sound component

zhǎng, zhang palm of hand

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

hand

牚 Sound component

chēng, chèng

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		rtʰaːŋ
Unicode	tjæ̌ng