Memory phrase for the character: 携

携

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Meaning

to carry, to take along, to bring along, to hold (hands)

Pronunciation

xié

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: 隽 bird 隹, below: 乃 (pregnancy belly in side view; cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃)

Mnemonic
 
The hand holds the bird around the corpus/belly to carry it along.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
隹 short tailed birdAlso this 鳥 is seen as a bird.
乃 thereforeShows a pregnancy belly in a side view - The interpretation of this radical is based on 孕 (yùn), which means: "pregnancy". It is read as a child 子 coming out of the womb 乃.




 Vocabulary

携带 xié dài  to carry (on one's person); to support (old); Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4]
携手 xié shǒu  hand in hand; to join hands; to collaborate
提携 tí xié  to lead by the hand; to guide; to support
提携 tí xié  

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