支

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See also: 攴 and 枝
支 U+652F, 支
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-652F
← 攮
[U+652E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 攰 →
[U+6530]
⽀ U+2F40, ⽀
KANGXI RADICAL BRANCH
← ⼿
[U+2F3F] 		Kangxi Radicals ⽁ →
[U+2F41]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
4 strokes
Stroke order

Han character[edit]

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Radical 65 支

支 (Kangxi radical 65, 支+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 十水 (JE), four-corner 40407, composition ⿱十又)

  1. Kangxi radical #65, ⽀.

Derived characters[edit]

See also[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 467, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13061
  • Dae Jaweon: page 814, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1327, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+652F

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 支
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (支) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
支 *kje
枝 *kje
肢 *kje
汥 *kje, *ɡe, *ɡres
衼 *kje
馶 *kje, *qʰjes, *kes, *ɡe
鳷 *kje
忮 *kjes
伎 *kjes, *ɡe, *ɡreʔ
豉 *ɡjes
翅 *qʰjes
翄 *qʰjes, *ɡe
妓 *kre, *ɡreʔ
庋 *kreʔ, *kʷreʔ
跂 *kʰeʔ, *kʰes, *ɡe
蚑 *kʰes, *ɡe
吱 *kʰes
岐 *ɡe
歧 *ɡe
鬾 *ɡre, *ɡres
技 *ɡreʔ
芰 *ɡres
攱 *kʷreʔ, *kʷres
庪 *kʷreʔ
頍 *kʰʷeʔ
屐 *ɡreɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 又 (“hand”) + 十 (“(half of 竹) branch of bamboo”) – a hand breaking off a branch of bamboo.

Etymology 1[edit]

simp. and trad.
 支
alternative forms 𣏃
𠦙
𢺶

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • kî - vernacular;
  • chṳ̂ - literary.
  • Jin
  • Min Bei
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • ki - vernacular;
    • chi - literary.
    Note: gi1 - vernacular, zin1 - literary.
    Rime
    Character 支
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 章 (23)
    Final (韻) 支 (11)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 章移切
    Baxter tsye
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/t͡ɕiᴇ/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/t͡ɕiɛ/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/t͡ɕjɛ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ciə̆/
    Li
    Rong         		/t͡ɕie/
    Wang
    Li         		/t͡ɕǐe/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/t͡ɕie̯/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		zhī
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		zi1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 支 支
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		zhī zhī
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ tsye › ‹ tsye ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ke/ /*ke/
    English support, hold up branch (of tree), limb

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 支
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 17200
    Phonetic
    component         		支
    Rime
    group         		支
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		支
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kje/

    Definitions[edit]

    支

    1. to support; to bear; to sustain
    2. to disburse; to pay; to defray
    3. to prop up; to put up
    4. to send away; to put off somebody
    5. branch; limb; offshoot; subdivision
      alt. forms: 枝
    6. a surname
    7. Classifier for long, thin objects. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
      alt. forms: 枝
    8. Classifier for songs or musical pieces.
      唱支歌嚟聽下吖！ [Cantonese, trad.]
      唱支歌嚟听下吖！ [Cantonese, simp.]
      coeng3 zi1 go1 lai4 teng1 haa5 aa1! [Jyutping]
      Sing a song for us!
    9. (now usually derogatory and offensive) Short for 支那 (Zhīnà, “China”).
      印支  ―  Yìnzhī  ―  Indochina
      日滿支親善／日满支亲善  ―  Rì Mǎn Zhī qīnshàn  ―  friendship among Japan, Manchuria and China
      支語警察／支语警察  ―  zhīyǔ jǐngchá  ―  (Taiwan, Internet slang) people who like to correct or criticize the use of Mainland terms (literally, “Chink language police”)
    10. (～日) (telegraphy) the fourth day of a month
    Synonyms[edit]
    Dialectal synonyms of 首 (“(classifier for songs)”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 首, 支
    Mandarin Taiwan 首
    Guilin 首
    Singapore 首
    Cantonese Guangzhou 支, 隻
    Hong Kong 首, 隻, 支
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 隻, 支
    Macau 支
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 隻
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 隻
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 隻
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 支
    Foshan 支
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 隻
    Foshan (Shunde) 支
    Foshan (Sanshui) 支
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 支
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 支
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 支
    Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 支
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 支
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 支
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 支
    Taishan 條
    Kaiping (Chikan) 條
    Enping (Niujiang) 條
    Heshan (Yayao) 隻
    Dongguan 支
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 支
    Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 支
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 條
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 隻
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 條
    Conghua (Lütian) 隻
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 條
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 條
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 條
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 條
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 條
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 條
    Min Nan Tainan 條, 首
    Singapore (Hokkien) 條
    Manila (Hokkien) 塊
    Jieyang 條
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 首, 條
    Xiang Changsha 隻
    Dialectal synonyms of 把 (“(classifier for knives)”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 把
    Mandarin Beijing 把
    Taiwan 把
    Yantai (Muping) 把
    Jinan 把
    Luoyang 把
    Wanrong 把
    Xi'an 把
    Yinchuan 把
    Lanzhou 把
    Xining 把
    Ürümqi 把
    Wuhan 把
    Chengdu 把
    Guilin 把
    Liuzhou 把
    Xuzhou 把
    Yangzhou 把
    Nanjing 把
    Hefei 把
    Malaysia 把
    Singapore 把
    Cantonese Guangzhou 把, 張
    Hong Kong 把, 張
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 柄, 把
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 張
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 把
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 把
    Macau 張
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 張
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 張
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 張
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 張
    Foshan 張
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 張
    Foshan (Shunde) 張
    Foshan (Sanshui) 張
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 張
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 張
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 張
    Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 張
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 張
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 張
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 張
    Taishan 張
    Kaiping (Chikan) 張
    Enping (Niujiang) 張
    Heshan (Yayao) 張
    Dongguan 張
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 張
    Qingyuan 張
    Fogang 張
    Yingde (Hanguang) 張
    Yangshan 張
    Lianshan (Butian) 把
    Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 張
    Shaoguan 張
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 張, 把
    Renhua 張
    Lechang 把
    Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 張
    Sihui 張
    Guangning 張
    Deqing 張
    Huaiji 支, 把
    Fengkai (Nanfeng) 張
    Yunfu 張
    Xinxing 張
    Luoding 把
    Yunan (Pingtai) 張
    Yangjiang 張
    Xinyi 張
    Lianjiang 把
    Nanning 把
    Guiping 把
    Mengshan (Xihe) 把
    Guigang (Nanjiang) 張
    Beiliu (Tangliao) 把
    Baise 把
    Bobai 張
    Lingshan 把
    Pubei 把
    Qinzhou 把
    Beihai 把
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 把
    Ningming 把
    Hengzhou 把
    Hezhou (Pumen) 張
    Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 把
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 把
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 把
    Móng Cái 把
    Gan Nanchang 把
    Lichuan 把
    Pingxiang 把
    Hakka Meixian 張
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 把
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 張
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 張
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 張
    Conghua (Lütian) 把
    Yudu 把
    Hong Kong 張
    Beiliu (Tang'an) 張
    Mashan (Pianlian) 把
    Senai (Huiyang) 把
    Huizhou Jixi 把
    Jin Taiyuan 把
    Xinzhou 把
    Min Bei Jian'ou 把
    Min Dong Fuzhou 把
    Min Nan Xiamen 叢, 支
    Quanzhou 叢
    Zhangzhou 叢
    Manila (Hokkien) 支
    Zhangping (Yongfu) 支
    Pingnan (Shangdu) 把
    Chaozhou 支
    Shantou 支
    Bangkok (Teochew) 支
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 支
    Leizhou 把
    Haikou 把
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 張, 把
    Sanxiang 張
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 把
    Wu Shanghai 把
    Shanghai (Chongming) 把
    Suzhou 把
    Danyang 把
    Hangzhou 把
    Ningbo 把
    Wenzhou 把
    Jinhua 把
    Xiang Changsha 把
    Loudi 把
    Shuangfeng 把
    Quanzhou 把
    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology 2[edit]

    For pronunciation and definitions of 支 – see 丈 (“A unit of measurement.; to survey; to measure; etc.”).
    (This character, 支, is an ancient form of 丈.)

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    支

    (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. little pieces separated; a branch
    2. hands and legs

    Readings[edit]

    Derived terms[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    支
    し
    Grade: 5
    on’yomi

    Affix[edit]

    支(し) • (shi) 

    1. (obsolete) China; Chinese

    Synonyms[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    支 (eumhun 지탱할 지 (jitaenghal ji))

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    支: Hán Nôm readings: chi

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