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支持

zhīchí

to support

A person holding up a friend
Memory picture

Characters in this word

支 zhī

Strokes
4
Radical
支 — to support, to sustain
Made of
十 ten, tenth 又 and, also, again, in addition
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

持 chí

Strokes
9
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 寺 court, office
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 持

Example phrases

  • 我支持你。 Wǒ zhīchí nǐ. I support you.
  • 谢谢支持。 Xièxie zhīchí. Thanks for your support.
  • 他很支持我。 Tā hěn zhīchí wǒ. He really supports me.

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