支 | ||
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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 | ||
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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.