hold in hand

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

是 sound component

  Sound component

shì

  

is

Evolution

提 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
提 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
提 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

hold in hand; lift in hand; to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid

Most common words with 提
Freq.
Word
Meaning

提供

to offer

to lift

提高

to raise

提出

to propose

提醒

to remind