Character Contained In References Comments
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   traditional formhandwritten form

Variants

Phonetic

Semantic

Apparent
Mandarin
zhi2
English
Definitions
to grasp; execute (a plan); carry out; hold in hand; keep; to support
Etymology
Notes
This character was originally a compound pictograph consisting of manacles on a person’s extended hands : to detain