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Keyword
to hold up
  • to lift
  • to support
Frequency
#2123
Strokes
16
Readings
qíng100%
Mnemonic
手 (hand) gives the meaning and 敬 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
引擎yǐnqíng
engine (loanword)
擎qíng
to raise; to hold up; to lift up
引擎盖yǐnqínggài
(car) hood; bonnet
一柱擎天yīzhùqíngtiān
lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom); fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
众擎易举zhòngqíngyìjǔ
many hands make light work (idiom)