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
- —持薬one's usual medicine
- —矜持pride; dignity; self-respect
- —持戒strictly adhering to Buddhist precepts
- —持説one's cherished opinion
- —受持remembering (and honoring) the teachings of Buddha
- —持仏one's own Buddha statue
- —軍持water bottle (of a monk, nun, etc.); flask; vase
- —担持support (e.g. of an element acting as a catalyst)
- —持律strictly adhering to Buddhist precepts
- —主持taking charge; presiding over
- —持物object held in the hand of a Buddhist image; attribute of a deity
- —維持費maintenance costs
- —支持者supporter; adherent; proponent; backer
- —持続力durability
- —所持者owner; possessor
- —所持品things at hand; personal belongings
- —保持者holder (of a record, title, permit, etc.)
- —持久力stamina; tenacity
- —持久戦protracted war; war of attrition
- —持参人bearer