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

13 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
Go
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1609 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 碁 【ゴ】 go (board game)
  • 碁盤 【ゴバン】 Go board
  • 囲碁 【イゴ】 go (board game)
  • 相碁 【アイゴ】 go played by two equally skilled players

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • juego del Go

Portuguese

  • Jogo de Go

French

  • Go
1240 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1541 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3202 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1757 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1572 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1834 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1984 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1828 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1406 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3346 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1734 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2354 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1782 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24261 Morohashi
2699 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4020 New Nelson (John Haig)
1766 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1903 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1652 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1977 2001 Kanji
5a8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-7 SKIP code
2-8-5 SKIP code
4460.1 Four corner code
1-24-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7881 Unicode hex code