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to carry; to take along; to bring along; to hold (hands); also pr. [xi1]

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 隽 sound ( juàn )

Components 扌隽

take along · Heisig RSH #1879

fingers + turkey + fist

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
携手同行	xié shǒu tóng xíng	to walk hand in hand; to cooperate
携家带口	xié jiā dài kǒu	see 拖家帶口\|拖家带口[tuo1 jia1 dai4 kou3]
携带者	xié dài zhě	(medicine) carrier (of a recessive gene, virus etc)
便携式	biàn xié shì	portable
携手	xié shǒu	hand in hand; to join hands; to collaborate
携手并肩	xié shǒu bìng jiān	hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder
携家带眷	xié jiā dài juàn	to take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family; tied down by family obliga…
携带	xié dài	to carry (on one's person); to support (old); Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4]
提携	tí xié	to lead by the hand; to guide; to support
携程	Xié chéng	Trip.com Group, largest travel agency in China, formerly named Ctrip (until 2019)
扶老携幼	fú lǎo xié yòu	taking everyone along, young and old; to look after the elderly and the young
便携	biàn xié	portable; easy to carry
携款	xié kuǎn	to take funds (esp. illegally or corruptly obtained)
载携	zài xié	to carry; to bear
携眷	xié juàn	accompanied by one's dependents; encumbered by wife and children

Characters sharing the sound component 隽 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
隽 sound part	juàn	superior, outstanding, talented
镌	juān	engraving tool; to carve, to engrave