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持 も.つ、-も.ち、も.てる hold, have 4 119 9 64 て・てへん 形声 Phonetic At the BUDDHIST TEMPLE you´ll see wonderous things, such as the priest that can HOLD himself upside down with just a FINGER. 660

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ジ もち, もつ 維持(いじ): maintenance; preservation; improvement支持(しじ): (1) support; holding up; propping (2) support; backing; endorsing気持ち(きもち): feeling; sensation; mood持ち(もち): (1) hold; charge; keep possession; in charge (2) wear; durability; life; draw (3) usage持つ(もつ): (1) to hold; to carry (2) to possess持続(じぞく): continuation金持ち(かねもち): rich person持参(じさん): bringing; taking; carrying所持(しょじ): possession; owning受け持ち(うけもち): charge (of something); matter in one's charge受け持つ(うけもつ): to take (be in) charge of持てる(もてる): (1) to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.) (2) to be well liked; to be popular; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed (3) to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.); to last (4) possessed (5) possessing riches; having wealth持て成す(もてなす): to entertain; to make welcome持ち上げる(もちあげる): (1) to elevate; to raise; to lift up (2) to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky持ち切り(もちきり): hot topic; talk of the town 3 手: hand寺: Buddhist temple 手 4 (none) hold In Kyaiktiyo, there is rocking stone which sits on the edge of a cliff, and there is a Buddhist temple built on the top of it. You can rock the stone by pushing it with your finger, but it still holds in place. It´s true, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyaiktiyo.

Kanji	持
Onyomi	ジ
Kunyomi	も.つ、-も.ち、も.てる
Nanori	もち, もつ
English	hold, have
Examples	維持(いじ): maintenance; preservation; improvement 支持(しじ): (1) support; holding up; propping (2) support; backing; endorsing 気持ち(きもち): feeling; sensation; mood 持ち(もち): (1) hold; charge; keep possession; in charge (2) wear; durability; life; draw (3) usage 持つ(もつ): (1) to hold; to carry (2) to possess 持続(じぞく): continuation 金持ち(かねもち): rich person 持参(じさん): bringing; taking; carrying 所持(しょじ): possession; owning 受け持ち(うけもち): charge (of something); matter in one's charge 受け持つ(うけもつ): to take (be in) charge of 持てる(もてる): (1) to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.) (2) to be well liked; to be popular; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed (3) to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.); to last (4) possessed (5) possessing riches; having wealth 持て成す(もてなす): to entertain; to make welcome 持ち上げる(もちあげる): (1) to elevate; to raise; to lift up (2) to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky 持ち切り(もちきり): hot topic; talk of the town
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	119
Components	手: hand 寺: Buddhist temple
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	手
Radical Number	64
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	て・てへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	hold
Koohii Story 1	At the BUDDHIST TEMPLE you´ll see wonderous things, such as the priest that can HOLD himself upside down with just a FINGER.
Koohii Story 2	In Kyaiktiyo, there is rocking stone which sits on the edge of a cliff, and there is a Buddhist temple built on the top of it. You can rock the stone by pushing it with your finger, but it still holds in place. It´s true, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyaiktiyo.
RTK Index	660

Charge Buddhist Temple Support Hold Possession Possess Stone