Chinese character radical
"支" redirects here. For the: surname, see Zhi (surname).
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/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※
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Large seal script character
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Small seal script character
Derived characters※
Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 支 |
+2 | 攰 |
+5 | 攱 |
+8 | 攲 |
+12 | 攳 |
Character※
In the Japanese educational system the character 支 is a Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a fifth grade kanji.
References※
- ^ "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the "original on March 24," 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
Literature※
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph——to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, "Japanese," Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.