Hanja Analyzer
撑

撑 — taeng

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
버틸[撐] 탱
Romanization
taeng
English
prop up, support; brace
Mandarin
chēng
Japanese on'yomi
トウ
Japanese kun'yomi
ささ.える あ.く
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Variant forms
撐
Radical
手 (64, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
牚(탱)
Unicode
U+6491

Characters sharing the phonetic 牚

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “탱” in Korean.

撐

Other hanja read “탱”

Other hanja with radical 手

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