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The kanji 持: meaning, readings and stroke order
持
- Meaning
- hold, carry
- On reading
- ジ ji
- Kun reading
- も（つ） motsu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 手 hand
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cầm, mang (trì)
- Japanese
- てに もつ。もって いく。
- Korean
- 들다, 가지다 (지)
- Chinese
- 拿、带着
Readings, words and example sentences
ジ ji · on reading · less common
所持
having with you
その 品を 所持して います。
I have that item with me.
も（つ） motsu · kun reading
持つ
to hold, to carry
かばんを 持って 出かけます。
I go out carrying my bag.
Practise writing 持 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 持 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.