携
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to carry; to take along; to bring along; to hold (hands); also pr. [xi1]
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,506 U+643A
How 携 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 隽 (phonetic, juàn)
How to remember it
take along · Heisig RSH #1879
fingers + turkey + fist
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 隽
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 隽 (juàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隽 sound component | juàn | superior, outstanding, talented |
| 镌 | juān | engraving tool; to carve, to engrave |
Words containing 携
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 携手同行 | xié shǒu tóng xíng | to walk hand in hand; to cooperate |
| 携家带口 | xié jiā dài kǒu | see 拖家帶口|拖家带口[tuo1 jia1 dai4 kou3] |
| 携带者 | xié dài zhě | (medicine) carrier (of a recessive gene, virus etc) |
| 便携式 | biàn xié shì | portable |
| 携手 | xié shǒu | hand in hand; to join hands; to collaborate |
| 携手并肩 | xié shǒu bìng jiān | hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder |
| 携家带眷 | xié jiā dài juàn | to take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family; tied down by family obliga… |
| 携带 | xié dài | to carry (on one's person); to support (old); Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4] |
| 提携 | tí xié | to lead by the hand; to guide; to support |
| 携程 | Xié chéng | Trip.com Group, largest travel agency in China, formerly named Ctrip (until 2019) |
| 扶老携幼 | fú lǎo xié yòu | taking everyone along, young and old; to look after the elderly and the young |
| 便携 | biàn xié | portable; easy to carry |
| 携款 | xié kuǎn | to take funds (esp. illegally or corruptly obtained) |
| 载携 | zài xié | to carry; to bear |
| 携眷 | xié juàn | accompanied by one's dependents; encumbered by wife and children |