• 所持しょじ — possession
• 支持しじ — support, backing
• 維持いじ — maintenance, preservation
• 持参じさん — bringing (something) with you
• 持続じぞく — continuation, persistence

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持 combines the radical 扌 (hand) with 寺 (temple), suggesting the image of holding or carrying something important or sacred with the hands — and by extension, to keep, have, or maintain.

このカバンを持もちます。
I’ll carry this bag.

長なが持もちする電でん池ちです。
These are long-lasting batteries.