to raise / to lift / to take along (e.g. one's family)

挈 character breakdown

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
Character component without intrinsic meaning

Characters with 挈 as component

挈 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 挈

to concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials
alone / solitary
to hold by the hand / fig. to nurture / to foster / to bring up / to support

Sentences with 挈

挈 currently does not appear in any sentence.