to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense)

= + : Hostile aliens want to invade the space station, but Dorothy Gale (di) resists (抵) by pressing (抵) with a toy claw (扌) against the space station's (Ø3) foundation (氐) which is about to break under the aliens' attacks.

抵 character breakdown

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.
name of an ancient tribe
foundation / on the whole

= + : Dorothy Gale pulled a petal leaf out of the space station concrete foundation. Christopher MacLeod explains her that it was a special petal leaf, and that Dorothy is destined to be the king of England now that she pulled it out.

Characters with 抵 as component

抵 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 抵

to resist / to hold back / to stop / to ward off / to withstand
to compensate / to make good (a financial loss)
to deduct from / to compensate
to resist / to stand up to
to claim a credit against / tax reduction
to conflict with / to contradict / contradiction
to exchange for (sth of equal value or utility) / to use in lieu / to redeem (a coupon etc) / to use to offset (an amount owed etc)
to use in payment / to compensate
to come ashore

Sentences with 抵

抵 currently does not appear in any sentence.