Radical 65

支
Radical 65 (U+2F40)
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.

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 支
+2 攰
+5 攱
+8 攲
+12 攳

Sinogram

In the Japanese educational system the character 支 is a Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a fifth grade kanji.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature