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Kanji for Hold
The kanji for “hold” is 持, read ji and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
持
hold
To hold on to what matters.
9 strokes On reading ジ (ji) Kun reading もつ、もち、もてる (motsu, mochi, moteru) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: hold, have
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ji
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