Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
hold, have
Kun:
も.つ-も.ちも.てる
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
119 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 持 【ジ】 draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.), tie
  • 持久 【ジキュウ】 endurance, persistence
  • 堅持 【ケンジ】 holding on to, sticking to
  • 護持 【ゴジ】 defend and maintain, support, protection

Kun reading compounds

  • 持つ 【もつ】 to hold (in one's hand), to take, to carry, to possess, to have, to own, to maintain, to keep, to last, to be durable, to keep, to survive, to take charge of, to be in charge of, to hold (meeting, etc.), to have (opportunity, etc.), to have "it", to have that special something, to be blessed with good luck
  • 持子 【もつご】 stone moroko (Pseudorasbora parva), topmouth gudgeon
  • 持てる 【もてる】 to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.), to be well liked, to be popular, to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.), to be welcomed, to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.), to last, possessed, held, rich, wealthy, affluent
  • 持てる者 【もてるもの】 (the) haves, those who have

Readings

Japanese names:
もち、 もつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chi2
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • duración
  • propiedad
  • cargo
  • sostener
  • mantener

Portuguese

  • segurar
  • ter

French

  • avoir
  • tenir
231 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
310 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
294 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
184 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1903 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
50 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
178 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
801 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
451 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
458 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
142 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
889 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
447 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
275 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
333 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
667 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12019 Morohashi
374 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2151 New Nelson (John Haig)
660 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
712 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
94 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
328 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1348 2001 Kanji
3c6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
5404.1 Four corner code
1-27-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6301 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd
Parts:
commandment
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1062 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 戒 【カイ】 admonition, commandment, sila (precept)
  • 戒厳令 【カイゲンレイ】 martial law
  • 懲戒 【チョウカイ】 discipline, punishment, reprimand
  • 自戒 【ジカイ】 self-admonition

Kun reading compounds

  • 戒める 【いましめる】 to warn against, to caution against, to admonish, to scold, to rebuke, to prohibit, to forbid, to ban, to be cautious, to detest, to loathe, to punish

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie4
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • poner cuidado
  • mandamiento
  • orden
  • ordenar
  • advertir
  • instruir

Portuguese

  • mandamentos

French

  • châtiment
  • avertissement
1060 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1191 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1801 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1006 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1330 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
511 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
876 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
896 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1334 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
838 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3972 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2043 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2760 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
683 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11548 Morohashi
3204 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2027 New Nelson (John Haig)
676 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
730 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1123 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
4n3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-3 SKIP code
5340.0 Four corner code
1-18-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6212 Unicode hex code