懂中文 Dong Chinese

擎

qíng

lift up

Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 敬 represents the sound.

Components
手 meaning component

手  Meaning component

shǒu

  

hand

敬 sound component

敬  Sound component

jìng

  

respect

Definitions

擎  

qíng

lift up, hold up, support; to raise (hand)

Most common words with 擎
Freq.
Word
Meaning

引擎

engine (loanword)

擎

to raise (hand)

引擎盖

(car) hood

搜索引擎

search engine

一柱擎天

lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)