提 (tí) · to carry

提 (tí) means “to carry”. It is made of 扌 + 是 and has 12 strokes, and is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 提 into its parts

What 提 is made of

• 扌 shǒu — hand
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 亅 — hook
• 是 shì — to be
  • 日 rì — sun; day
    • 口 kǒu — mouth
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 疋 pǐ — foot shape

Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 是 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

提 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 提

• 提出tíchūto put forward
• 提到tídàoto mention
• 提高tígāoto raise
• 提前tíqiánin advance
• 提问tíwènto ask a question
• 提供tígōngto provide
• 提醒tíxǐngto remind
• 提倡tíchàngto promote
• 提纲tígāngoutline
• 前提qiántíprecondition
• 提拔tíbáto promote (to a higher post)
• 提炼tíliànto refine
• 提示tíshìto prompt
• 提议tíyìto propose

Also built with 扌

• 举jǔto raise
• 我wǒI
• 才cáitalent
• 扎zhāto prick
• 扑pūto pounce on
• 扒bāto hold on to
• 打dǎto play (ball)
• 扔rēngto throw
• 托tuōto raise
• 扛kángto carry on the shoulder
• 扣kòuto fasten
• 执zhíto execute

Quick facts

Questions about 提