Kanji Detail for 撐 - "prop, strut, pole"

撐

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
撐 means "prop, strut, pole."
1. Prop - To support with a pole or pillar.
2. Strut - A support; a brace.
3. Pole - To push a boat with a pole.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

prop up; support; brace

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

prop up, support; brace; to push off (with a pole)

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to support, to prop up, to brace; overflowing

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

To prop. Such as 撐腸拄腹. Colloquially, barely maintaining is 撐.
Onyomi

choh(ちょう)
Kunyomi

a.ku(あく)

sasa.eru(ささえる)
Strokes

16 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords
prop support pole pillar strut brace push boat