Kanji1 / 9
持 kanji
hold, have
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ジ
Kun readings
もつ-もちもてる
Words with 持
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3維持Popularmaintenance; preservation; improvement
- N2持参Popularbringing; taking; carrying
- N1支持Popularsupport; backing; endorsement; approval; propping up; holding up; support
- N1持続Popularcontinuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
- N1所持Popularpossession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)
- —堅持Popularadhering to (a view, policy, etc.); sticking to; holding fast to; steadfastly maintaining
- —持久Popularendurance; persistence
- —持病Popularchronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit
- —保持Popularretention; maintenance; preservation
- —持論Popularone's cherished opinion; pet theory
- —持続的Popularcontinuous; sustained; sustainable; durable; persistent
- —持draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
- —加持prayer (to get rid of misfortune, disease, etc.); incantation; faith healing; adhisthana (blessing of a buddha or bodhisattva)
- —享持securing; possession; enjoyment (of rights, benefits, etc.)
- —固持adherence (to one's beliefs); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground
- —護持defend and maintain; support; protection
- —持碁jigo; game resulting in a tie or a draw
- —住持chief priest of temple
- —把持grasp; hold; grip
- —捧持bearing; presenting; holding up (emperor's picture)