Kanji Detail for 挺 - "excel, outstanding, straight"

挺

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
挺 means "excel, outstanding, straight."
1. Excel - To stand out; to rise above.
2. Outstanding - Surpassing others; exceptional.
3. Straight - Upright; not bent.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

bravely volunteer; counter for guns, inksticks, palanquins, rickshaws

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

to stand upright, straighten; rigid

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to straighten, to stand upright; rigid, stiff

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To stand out. Such as 天挺之資, meaning far surpassing the ordinary. | Straight. Such as 挺拔. | Colloquially, standing straight without bending is 挺.
Onyomi

choh(チョウ)

tei(テイ)
Kunyomi

nu.ku(ぬ-く)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords
excel outstanding straight emerge extract stand out support brace endure withstand upright resist bolster sustain counter exceptional honest sincere