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
- —平和維持peacekeeping
- —加持祈祷incantation and prayer
- —構造保持structure preserving
- —現状維持maintaining the status quo
- —支持団体support group
- —不支持率disapproval rating
- —堅忍持久dogged perseverance; untiring patience
- —支持基盤one's support (power) base; the base of one's support in an electorate
- —弁当持参bringing one's own lunch
- —支持療法supportive care; supportive therapy
- —持明院統imperial lineage from Emperor Gofukakusa to Emperor Gokomatsu
- —持続可能sustainable
- —健康維持health maintenance; health preservation
- —不法所持illegal possession; unlawful possession
- —違法所持illegal possession; unlawful possession
- —秩序維持maintaining order (e.g. in a courtroom)
- —満を持すto have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to bide one's time; to wait until the time is ripe
- —治安維持maintenance of public order; maintaining security
- —記憶保持memory retention
- —秘密保持confidentiality; nondisclosure