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持 : Hold

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Components:
扌寺

hold, have

On 'yomi:
ジ(ji)
Kun 'yomi:
も.つ(mo.tsu) -も.ち(mo.chi) も.てる(mo.teru)
Nanori:
もち(mochi) もつ(motsu)
Strokes:9
Radical:扌 (64)
Usage Rating:119
JLPT:N4
old JLPT:3
Grade:3
Unicode:06301
jis208:27-93
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持 Usage examples

持って回る(もってまわる)to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.), to be indirect
宝の持ち腐れ(たからのもちぐされ)pearls thrown before swine, unused possession, useless possession, waste of talent
併せ持つ(あわせもつ)
合わせ持つ(あわせもつ)
合せ持つ(あわせもつ)
to own (something) as well, to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points)
意見を持つ(いけんをもつ)to hold an opinion
男持ちの時計(おとこもちのとけい)gentlemens watches
隠し持つ(かくしもつ)to carry (something) under cover
身持ちの堅い女(みもちのかたいおんな)chaste woman, virtuous woman
暗い気持ちになる(くらいきもちになる)
暗い気持になる(くらいきもちになる)
to feel gloomy, to feel blue, to feel melancholy
脛に疵持つ(すねにきずもつ)
脛に傷持つ(すねにきずもつ)
to have a guilty conscience
花を持たせる(はなをもたせる)
華を持たせる(はなをもたせる)
to let someone have the credit for (a success), to let someone else carry the flowers
費用を持つ(ひようをもつ)to bear the expenses
身を持ち崩す(みをもちくずす)to ruin oneself
支持力(しじりょく)bearing capacity
支持杭(しじこう)bearing pile
支持力係数(しじりょくけいすう)bearing capacity factor
支持力理論(しじりょくりろん)bearing capacity theory
支持力定式(しじりょくていしき)bearing capacity formula
先端支持力(せんたんしじりょく)end bearing capacity
構造保持(こうぞうほじ)structure preserving
現状維持(げんじょういじ)maintenance of the status quo
生命維持装置(せいめいいじそうち)life-support system
持ち点(もちてん)points (already) allotted to one, points (already) gained (in earlier rounds)
持ち方(もちかた)how to hold (chopsticks)
株式持合(かぶしきもちあい)cross shareholdings
持て持て(モテモテ)sexy, popular, well-liked
気持ち悪い(きもちわるい)bad feeling, feeling bad, disagreeable, unpleasant, revolting, gross, disgusting
株の持ち合い(かぶのもちあい)crossholding
株価維持操作(かぶかいじそうさ)price-keeping operation, PKO
共同持ち株会社(きょうどうもちかぶがいしゃ)joint holding company
国連平和維持軍(こくれんへいわいじぐん)UN peacekeeping forces
支持団体(しじだんたい)support group
世界記録保持者(せかいきろくほじしゃ)world record holder
内閣支持率(ないかくしじりつ)cabinet support rate
不支持率(ふしじりつ)disapproval rating
平和維持部隊(へいわいじぶたい)peacekeeping force
薬物不法所持(やくぶつふほうしょじ)drug possession
持分法適用会社(もちぶんほうてきようかいしゃ)affiliated company accounted for by the equity-method
持する(じする)to hold, to maintain
大金持ち(おおかねもち)
大金持(おおかねもち)
very rich person
癲癇持ち(てんかんもち)(an) epileptic
部屋持ちの親方(へやもちのおやかた)coach who owns his own stable
あてがい扶持(あてがいぶち)
宛てがい扶持(あてがいぶち)
宛行扶持(あてがいぶち)
discretionary allowance
堅忍持久(けんにんじきゅう)dogged perseverance, untiring patience
子持ち甘藍(こもちかんらん)Brussels sprouts