Kanji

Level: N4 Strokes: 9

持

Meaning in English

hold, have, avoir

Readings

Onyomi: ジ Kunyomi: も.つ, -も.ち, も.てる Romaji: ji / mo.tsu, -mo.chi, mo.teru

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

持

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese segurar, ter, avoir

Spanish tener, tener, aver

Korean 잡다, 가지다, 소유하다

French tenir, avoir, avoir

Italian tenere, avere, evitare

German halten, haben, besitzen

Indonesian memegang, memiliki, avoir

★ Vietnamese nắm giữ, có, sở hữu

Thai ถือ, มี, ครอบครอง

Kanji

Related kanji

N1 抵 tei resist, reach, touch N1 挨 ai / hira.ku approach, draw near, push open N1 拍 haku, hyou clap, beat (music), applaudir N1 披 hi expose, open, exposer N1 挫 za, sa / kuji.ku, kuji.keru crush, break, sprain N1 抹 matsu rub, paint, erase N1 捉 soku, saku / tora.eru catch, capture, atrapar N1 挿 sou / sa.su, hasa.mu insert, put in, graft N1 捗 choku, ho / hakado.ru make progress

Word

Words with this kanji

N1 受持ち ukemochi charge (of something), matter in one's charge N1 支持 shiji support N1 持続 jizoku continuation, endurance N1 所持 shoji possession, owning N1 持ち切り mochikiri hot topic, talk of the town N2 受け持つ ukemotsu to take (be in) charge of N2 持参 jisan bringing, taking, carrying N3 維持 iji maintenance, preservation, keeping N3 持ち上げる mochiageru lift up, raise, flatter

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N4 時間が経つにつれて気持ちが落ち着いてきた Jikan ga tatsu ni tsurete kimochi ga ochitsuite kita As time passed my feelings calmed down N3 雨が降りそうだから傘を持っていきます。 Ame ga furi sou da kara kasa o motte ikimasu. It looks like it will rain, so I will take an umbrella. N3 まだ雨が降りそうだから傘を持って行ったほうがいいと思う Mada ame ga furisou dakara kasa o motte itta hou ga ii to omou It still looks like it will rain so you should take an umbrella N3 雨が降りそうだったので傘を持って出かけた Ame ga furisou datta node kasa o motte dekaketa Since it looked like rain I took an umbrella N5 私は車を持っています。 Watashi wa kuruma o motte imasu. I have a car. N5 私は日本語の本を持っています。 Watashi wa nihongo no hon o motte imasu. I have a Japanese book.