Chinese Character Wiki

挈

qiè

assist

Components
㓞 sound component

㓞  Sound component

qià

  

to engrave

手 meaning component

手  Meaning component

shǒu

  

hand

hand

Evolution

挈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
挈 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
挈 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
挈 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

挈  

qiè

assist, help, lead by hand; to raise; to lift; to take along (e.g. one's family)

Most common words with 挈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

提纲挈领

to concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials

挈

to raise

提挈

to foster

挈带

to take along

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5220th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6308

Shuowen

“挈，縣持也。从手，聲。”


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