to hold, to carry something / to have, to possess / to hold up, to maintain

holding, possession / wear, durability

continuative of 持つ

a knuckle, a joint / melody / point / section

node / joint; section / season / verse (part of a song), stanza (part of a poem)

occasion, time / a person's principles / paragraph, stanza, clause

the mon, an old currency / a unit of length for measuring the size of one's foot (from the way that the mon coins would be lined up and used as a kind of inch marker) / a character, a letter

(grammar) a sentence / writing, composition / a design or pattern as decoration / literature, learning, scholarship / elegance, refinement (especially of writing or wording)

writing, something written / a letter (written communication), an epistle / (archaic) study, scholarship (especially of classical Chinese) / a style of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”)

a pattern, a design, especially one with diagonally crossing lines / a diagonal crossing / a flowery expression or turn of phrase / a plot, a scheme / a refrain or recurring phrase in a piece of music