Character · Actions
持
ちからもち chikaramochiもちつ mochitsuもたれつ motaretsuもちぐされ mochigusare
to hold
Composition
Origin
The hand 扌 with 寺 as phonetic: to hold in the hand.
In the thoughts
- 力持ちchikaramochistrong one
- 持ちつmochitsunow carrying
- 持たれつmotaretsunow carried
- 持ち腐れmochigusareowned yet wasted