# 持 hold

(handleft) + 寺 (temple) Same-ON
★★★★★
10 strokes

## Onyomi

JI |

## Mnemonic

| Hold on to the temple with your hand and keep thinking of JESUS. This will keep Satan from pulling you away into a life of drugs and book-learnin'

## Kunyomi

も*つ | to hold, but also to own, and often, to bring. As in 'Buy some nachos and bring them to the party.' ★★★★★

## Jukugo

金持ち(かねもち) | rich person ★★★★★ 金 (gold) + 持 (hold) = 金持ち (rich person) rich person AKA your mom's bail bondsman.
気持ち(きもち) | feels good! ★★★★★ 気 (mood) + 持 (hold) = 気持ち (feels good!) oh HELLS yeah. It feels good.(although this isn't dirty by itself, it is the #1 actual word yelled in pornos.)
維持(いじ) する | ｍａｉｎｔａｉｎ　ｏｒ　ｓｕｓｔａｉｎ ★☆☆☆☆ 維 (upkeep) + 持 (hold) = 維持 (ｍａｉｎｔａｉｎ　ｏｒ　ｓｕｓｔａｉｎ) to maintain or sustain something (the quality of our products, our 10% lead in the polls, maintaining the giant robot takes 3 hours a day)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
持 | hold | HANDS | 手
待 | wait | GO | 行
得 | bargain　/ obtain | SUN | 日

You hold something in your HANDS,

but you GO to the temple and wait for God.

SUNlight is a bargain which you can easily obtain, because it's free.

## Synonyms

own 持ってる 所有する
to be in charge of, to have responsibility for 担当 受け持つ