Word Meaning 持合う

もちあう mochiau

持合う is read as もちあう (mochiau) and means to remain unchanged.

Meaning

English

  1. to remain unchanged
  2. to balance
  3. to counterpoise
  4. to share (e.g. the expense)
  5. to bear (part of)

Reading

Kana

もちあう

Romaji

mochiau

Writing Variants

  • 持ち合う もちあう mochiau
  • 保ち合う もちあう mochiau
  • 保合う もちあう mochiau

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 43714 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

持ち合い

もちあい

steadiness (of market price)

持ち合わせる

もちあわせる

to happen to have on hand or in stock

持合い株

もちあいかぶ

cross-held shares

株式持合

かぶしきもちあい

cross shareholdings

持扱う

もちあつかう

to find difficult to manage

持ち直す

もちなおす

to recover

持続

じぞく

continuation

持参

じさん

bringing

持ち込む

もちこむ

to bring (to another stage)

持論

じろん

one's cherished opinion