| 支 | |
|---|---|
Radical 65 (U+2F40)
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| 支 (U+652F) "branch" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | zhī |
| Bopomofo: | ㄓ |
| Wade–Giles: | chih1 |
| Cantonese Yale: | jī |
| Jyutping: | zi1 |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | chi |
| Japanese Kana: | シ shi (on'yomi) ささ-える sasa-eru (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 지 ji |
| Names | |
| Chinese name(s): | 支字旁 zhīzìpáng 支字底 zhīzìdǐ |
| Japanese name(s): | 支える/ささえる 支繞/しにょう shinyō 枝繞/えだにょう edanyō 十又/じゅうまた jūmata |
| Hangul: | 지탱할 jitaenghal |
| Stroke order animation | |
Radical 65 or radical branch (支部) meaning "branch" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 26 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
支 is also the 65th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
A hand (又) holding a bamboo branch (half of 竹), similar to 攴, 殳, 父, and 皮. Component of 鼓.
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 支 |
| +2 | 攰 |
| +5 | 攱 |
| +8 | 攲 |
| +12 | 攳 |
In the Japanese educational system the character 支 is a Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school. It is a fifth grade kanji.