撐

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 15
Simplified Form: 撑
Variants: 撑

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chēng
Cantonese: caang1 caang3
JapaneseKun: SASAERU AKU
JapaneseOn: CHOU
Korean: THAYNG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: prop up, support; brace; to push off (with a pole)

CE-Dict: to support/to prop up/to push or move with a pole/to maintain/to open or unfurl/to fill to bursting point/brace/stay/support

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to prop up
2.to propel with a pole
3.to maintain a posture
4.to hold open
5.a brace

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: maintain; prop up; support

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: maintain; prop up; support

湘雅醫學專業詞典: -ylene

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】撐
【唐韻】丑庚切【集韻】抽庚切，𠀤音瞠。與樘同。【說文】樘衺柱也。【廣韻】撥也。【唐書·朱滔傳】骸撐不掩。【韓愈·月蝕詩】赤龍黑烏燒口熱，翎鬣倒側相搪撐。　又【集韻】中庚切。義同。　又叶抽良切，音倀。【司馬相如·長門賦】刻木蘭以爲榱兮，飾文杏以爲梁。羅丰茸之遊樹兮，離樓梧而相撐。【通雅】䟫卽䠆。一作牚。今作撐。俗呼雌爭反。【正字通】橕撐牚䟫，音義𠀤同。

CF-Dict: s'appuyer/soutenir/résister/tenir bien

Han-De-Dict: stützen; staken; mühsam aufrechterhalten; aufspannen, aufhalten; vollstopfen (u.E.) (V)