携 Stroke Order

Definition of 「携」: 1. 带 (To carry) - Example: 携手 (to hold hands) - Example: 携带 (to bring along, to care for) - Example: 扶老携幼 (to help the elderly and support the young) 2. 离，叛离 (To depart, to rebel) - Example: 携离 (to depart) - Example: 携贰 (to rebel) 携 (xié) - Pinyin: 携 - Part of Speech: Verb - Original Meaning: To hold (to carry in hand) - Etymology: A phono-semantic compound; composed of "手" (hand) and "巂" (xī), often written as 攜 (xié). 1. 同本义 (Same original meaning: to lift and carry something from the ground) [En. carry in hand] - Reference: 《说文》: 携，提也 (to carry). - Quote: 《诗·大雅·板》: 如璋如圭，如取如携 (like jade, like a precious stone, as if taken and carried). - Example: 携壶; 携带 (to lift; to care for); 携酒牵羊 (to carry wine and lead sheep); 携杖 (to carry a staff). 2. 拿着，持 (To hold) [En. hold] - Reference: 清·孔尚任《桃花扇》: 闲携杖，漫出门，官槐满路叶纷纷 (idly holding a staff, leisurely walking out, the leaves of the official locust trees falling everywhere). - Example: 携盘; 携帚 (to hold a tray; to hold a broom). 3. 牵挽; 挽扶 (To lead) [En. lead] - Reference: 《淮南子·览冥》: 相携于道 (to walk together on the road). - Reference: 清·林觉民《与妻书》: 吾与汝并肩携手 (I and you walk shoulder to shoulder). - Example: 携抱 (to lead and support); 携率 (to lead); 携将 (to support); 相携于道 (to walk together on the road); 携幼扶老 (to assist the young and the old); 携扶 (to support); 携负 (to carry on one's back). 4. 带，随身一道 (To bring along) [En. bring along] - Reference: 《公羊传·襄公二十七年》: 携其妻子 (to bring along one's wife and children). - Reference: 《庄子·让王》: 于是夫负妇戴，携子入于海 (Thus, the husband carries his wife on his back and brings their child to the sea). - Example: 携子同行 (to take the child along); 携女归宁 (to bring the daughter back home); 携行 (to carry on the journey); 携家眷同行 (to bring family members along); 携款潜逃 (to abscond with funds); 携械投诚 (to surrender with weapons). 5. 通“愶”。离; 背离; 离散 (To depart; to rebel) [En. discord] - Reference: 《左传·僖公七年》: 招携以礼，怀远以德 (To invite with courtesy and hold distance with virtue). - Reference: 《左传·僖公二十八年》: 不如私许复曹，卫以以携之 (It is better to privately promise to return to Cao). - Reference: 《国语·周语上》: 其刑矫诬，百姓携贰 (If the punishment is enforced unjustly, the people will rebel). - Reference: 《西湖二集》: 须要宣布皇灵，携其党羽，则王直势孤，自不能容 (We must announce the emperor's spirit; if we take our factions, it will leave the king alone without support). - Example: 携爽 (to depart); 携弛 (to become negligent); 携泮 (to disperse); 携贰 (to harbor dual loyalties, to rebel); 携背 (to betray, to depart); 携叛 (to rebel).