挈 — Chinese character
挈
qiè
to assist, to help; to lead by hand
- Pinyin
- qiè
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 㓞 手
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 手; sound component 㓞
- Japanese
- 挈 as a kanji
Common words with 挈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 提纲挈领 (提綱挈領) | tí gāng qiè lǐng | to concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials |
| 提挈 | tí qiè | to hold by the hand; fig. to nurture |
| 挈带 (挈帶) | qiè dài | to take along |
| 挈挈 | qiè qiè | alone; solitary |
挈 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 5
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Kêng Sang Ch’u
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.