擎
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to raise; to hold up; to lift up
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 手 +13
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 擎
- Common rank
- #3,361
- Unicode
- U+64CE
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Formation & memory
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Words with 擎
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人肉搜索引擎 | (neologism, attested by 2003) human flesh search engine; crowdsourced online search for in… | |
| 一柱擎天 | lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom); fig. to take a crucial responsibility … | |
| 众擎易举 | many hands make light work (idiom) | |
| 擎拳合掌 | to clasp hands; to put one's palms together (in obeisance) | |
| 搜索引擎 | search engine | |
| 引擎盖 | (car) hood; bonnet | |
| 搜寻引擎 | (Tw, HK) search engine | |
| 引擎 | engine (loanword); CL:臺|台[tai2] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 敬 — compare how they read.