Memory phrase for the character: 撑

撑

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Meaning

to support, prop up, maintain, to open/unfurl

Pronunciation

chēng

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: palm of the hand 掌 (image of the palm 尚 [= esteem], Hand 手)

Mnemonic
 
The hand can with the palm of the hand: support or prop / push.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
尚 still, yet, to esteem
手 handImage of a hand with fingers sticking out




 Vocabulary

支撑 zhī chēng  to prop up; to support; strut; brace
支撑 zhī chēng  
支撑 zhī chēng  

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