支

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

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

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

• Appendix:Chinese radical/支
• 䞚, 鬾, 㲍, 翅, 䧴, 頍(𫠆), 鳷(𫛛), 芰, 庋, 㽻, 䅩
• 伎, 吱, 妓, 岐, 忮, 技, 汥, 枝, 歧, 䃽, 肢, 秓, 衼, 翄, 蚑, 䚳(𬣛), 豉, 跂, 䡋, 䣫, 鈘, 鼓, 馶, 䰙

Additional Derived Characters

• 𨑤, 𠚽, 𨙸, 𨙾, 𢻈, 𥽤, 𥁈, 𩂏, 𡰸, 𣿯
• 𭍾, 𪦶, 𢎼, 𫹍, 𨸠, 𭮂, 𣲰, 𭸷, 𤯙, 𭻁, 𤽑, 𥄏, 𥑂, 𥸳, 𥾣, 𦧉, 𦨟, 𧣄, 𧹛, 𨈛, 𮡏, 𨱜, 𩉨, 𩚡, 𦷨, 𩨝, 𩵾

See also

• 鼓 (Appendix:Chinese radical/鼓)

Descendants

• 𛀦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Glyph origin

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 / 会意): 又 (“hand”) + 十 (“(half of 竹) branch of bamboo”) – a branch.

Similar but unrelated to 攴, 丈, 尹 and 父.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		支
alternative forms		𣏃 𠦙 𢺶

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ka(ː)k (“fork, branch, crotch”). Cognate with the first syllable of Burmese ခက်ရင်း (hkak-rang:, “fork”), as well as the following words (STEDT):

• 枝 (OC *kje, “branch (of tree); to resist, go astray”)
• 肢 (OC *kje, “limb (of body)”)
• 翅 (OC *qʰjes, “wing”)
• 歧 (OC *ɡe, “bifurcating, forked (as of a road)”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhī (zhi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi¹

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җы (žɨ, I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zi¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): zi¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kî / chṳ̂

  (Hailu, HRS): gi^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gi¹ / zi¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): zi¹
• Northern Min (KCR): cí
• Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕ
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi¹ / zi¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ki / chi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gi¹ / zin¹

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ji¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsy
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhr¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhih
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹
    • Yale: jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zi¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: z
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɹ̩⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җы (žɨ, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɻ̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: zi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɹ̩⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî / chṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˊ / zii^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹ / zi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴/, /t͡sɨ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gi¹ / zi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁴⁴/, /t͡sɹ̩⁴⁴/

Note:

• kî - vernacular;
• chṳ̂ - literary.

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zi¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sɹ̩¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sie⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gi¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁴⁴/
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zi¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ci
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵⁴⁴/

Note:

• gi1 - vernacular;
• zi1 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Longyan, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
    • Tâi-lô: ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ki³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Longyan): /ki³³⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi
    • Tâi-lô: tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡si³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴/

Note:

• ki - vernacular;
• chi - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: gi¹ / zin¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ki / tsiⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³³/, /t͡sĩ³³/

Note: gi1 - vernacular, zin1 - literary.

• • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: ji¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsy
    • MiniDict: tsy^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɹ̩⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zhr¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂɻ̩³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sɹ̩³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsye

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ke/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kje/

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

支

1. to support; to bear; to sustain
2. to disburse; to pay; to defray
   • 1954, 譚謀, directed by 吳回 [Ng Wui], 金蘭姊妹 [Sworn Sisters]‎^[2], spoken by 阿彩 (小燕飛 [Siu Yin Fei]):

     佢支嗮啲人工畀你未啊？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     keoi⁵ zi¹ saai³ di¹ jan⁴ gung¹ bei² nei⁵ mei⁶ aa³? [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. to prop up; to put up
4. to send away; to put off somebody
5. branch; limb; offshoot; subdivision

   Alternative form: 枝

6. a surname
7. Classifier for long, thin objects. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   Alternative form: 枝

   • 2017, 黃奇斌 [Ng Ki-pin], “浪子回頭 [Back Here Again]”‎^[3]performed by 茄子蛋 [EggPlantEgg]:

     菸一支一支一支的點　酒一杯一杯一杯的乾 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     烟一支一支一支的点　酒一杯一杯一杯的干 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     hun chi̍t ki chi̍t ki chi̍t ki leh tiám, chiú chi̍t poe chi̍t poe chi̍t poe leh ta [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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. (Southern Min) Classifier for certain body parts.

   Alternative form: 枝

   一支喙 [Hokkien]  ―  chi̍t ki chhùi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  a mouth

10. (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”)

11. (～日) (telegraphy) the fourth day of a month

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 支 (“(classifier for cigarettes)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		支
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	根兒, 顆, 支
	Taiwan	根
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	顆, 根兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	根兒, 支
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	杆
	Wuhan	根
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	根, 支
	Hefei	根
Cantonese	Guangzhou	支
	Hong Kong	支, 飛
	Yangjiang	支
Gan	Nanchang	根
Hakka	Meixian	支
Jin	Taiyuan	根, 支
Northern Min	Jian'ou	支, 筒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	條
Southern Min	Xiamen	支, 叢
	Tainan	支
	Manila (Hokkien)	支
	Chaozhou	支
Wu	Suzhou	根, 支
	Wenzhou	支
Xiang	Changsha	根
	Shuangfeng	根

Dialectal synonyms of 支 (“(classifier for pens or pencils)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		支, 桿
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	支
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	管
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	桿
	Xining	支
	Xuzhou	支
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	桿
	Wuhan	支, 管
	Guiyang	支
	Liuzhou	支, 桿, 管
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	支, 管
	Yangzhou	支
Cantonese	Guangzhou	支
	Hong Kong	支
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	支
	Macau	支
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	支
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	支
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	支
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	支
	Foshan	支
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	支
	Foshan (Shunde)	支
	Foshan (Sanshui)	支
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	支
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	支
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	支
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	支
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	支
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	支
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	支
	Taishan	支
	Kaiping (Chikan)	支
	Enping (Niujiang)	支
	Heshan (Yayao)	支
	Dongguan	支
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	支
Gan	Nanchang	支
	Lichuan	支
	Pingxiang	支
Hakka	Meixian	支
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	支
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	桿
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	桿
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	支
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	支
	Yudu	支
Huizhou	Jixi	支
Jin	Pingyao	桿
	Xinzhou	支, 桿
Northern Min	Jian'ou	支, 管
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	把
	Fuzhou (Changle)	把
	Fuqing	把
	Yongtai	把
	Gutian	把
	Fu'an	支
	Ningde	把
	Shouning	支
	Zhouning	支
	Fuding	支
Southern Min	Xiamen	支, 叢
	Quanzhou	支, 叢
	Zhangzhou	支, 叢
	Tainan	支
	Manila (Hokkien)	支
	Leizhou	支
	Haikou	支, 管
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	支
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	支
Wu	Shanghai	支, 管
	Shanghai (Chongming)	管
	Suzhou	支, 管
	Danyang	支
	Ningbo	支
	Jinhua	支
Xiang	Changsha	支
	Loudi	支
Note	支 is also written as 枝

Dialectal synonyms of 把 (“(classifier for knives)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		把
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	把
	Taiwan	把
	Malaysia	把
	Singapore	把
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	把
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	把
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	把
	Wanrong	把
	Xi'an	把
	Xining	把
	Xuzhou	把
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	把
	Lanzhou	把
	Ürümqi	把
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	把
	Wuhan	把
	Guilin	把
	Liuzhou	把
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	把
	Yangzhou	把
	Hefei	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, Xiangzhou)	張
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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, Babu)	張
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	把
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	把
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	把
Móng Cái	把
Gan	Nanchang	把
	Pengze	把
	Lichuan	把
	Pingxiang	把
Hakka	Meixian	張
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	把
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	張
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	張
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	張
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	把
	Yudu	把
	Hong Kong	張
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	張
	Mashan (Pianlian)	把
	Senai (Huiyang)	把
	Singapore (Meixian)	張, 把
	Singapore (Dabu)	把
Huizhou	Jixi	把
Jin	Taiyuan	把
	Xinzhou	把
Northern Min	Jian'ou	把
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	把
Southern Min	Xiamen	叢, 支
	Quanzhou	叢, 支
	Jinjiang	支
	Yongchun	支
	Zhangzhou	叢
	Manila (Hokkien)	支
	Longyan	支
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	支
	Datian	支
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	把
	Chaozhou	支
	Shantou	支
	Bangkok (Teochew)	支
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	支
	Leizhou	把
	Haikou	把
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	張, 把
	Zhongshan (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

Dialectal synonyms of 把 (“(classifier for rulers)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		把
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	把, 支
Cantonese	Hong Kong	把
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	支
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	支
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	支
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	支
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	支

Dialectal synonyms of 把 (“(classifier for scissors)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		把
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	把
Cantonese	Guangzhou	把
	Hong Kong	把
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	把
	Macau	把
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	把
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	把
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	把
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	把
	Foshan	把
	Foshan (Shunde)	把
	Foshan (Sanshui)	把
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	把
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	把
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	把
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	把
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	把
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	把
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	把
	Taishan	把
	Kaiping (Chikan)	把
	Enping (Niujiang)	把
	Heshan (Yayao)	把
	Dongguan	把
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	把
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	把
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	把
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	把
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	把
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	把
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	支
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	支
	Jieyang	支
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	把

Dialectal synonyms of 面 (“(classifier for flags)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		面
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	面
	Taiwan	面
	Chengde	面
	Chifeng	面
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	面
	Heihe	面
	Qiqihar	面
	Harbin	面
	Jiamusi	面
	Baicheng	面
	Changchun	面
	Tonghua	面
	Shenyang	面
	Jinzhou	面
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	面
	Tangshan	面
	Cangzhou	面
	Baoding	面兒
	Shijiazhuang	面
	Lijin	面
	Jinan	面
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	面
	Dandong	面
	Yantai	面
	Qingdao	面
	Zhucheng	面
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	面
	Jining	面
	Linfen	面
	Shangqiu	面
	Yuanyang	面
	Zhengzhou	面
	Xinyang	面
	Baihe	面
	Xi'an	面
	Baoji	面
	Tianshui	面
	Xining	面
	Yanqi	面
	Dunhuang (Hedong dialect)	面
	Xuzhou	面
	Fuyang	面
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	面
	Lanzhou	面
	Hami	面
	Ürümqi	面
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	面
	Nanchong	面
	Dazhou	面
	Hanyuan	面
	Xichang	面
	Zigong	面
	Chongqing	面
	Wuhan	面
	Yichang	面
	Xiangyang	面
	Tianmen	面
	Guiyang	面
	Zunyi	面
	Bijie	首
	Liping	張
	Zhaotong	面
	Dali	面
	Kunming	面
	Mengzi	面
	Guilin	面
	Liuzhou	面
	Jishou	面
	Changde	面
	Hanzhong	面
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	面
	Yangzhou	面
	Lianyungang	面
	Lianshui	面
	Nantong	面
	Anqing	面
	Wuhu	面
	Hefei	面
	Hong'an	面
Cantonese	Guangzhou	支
	Hong Kong	支
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	支
	Macau	支
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	支
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	支
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	支
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	面
	Foshan	支
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	支
	Foshan (Shunde)	支
	Foshan (Sanshui)	支
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	支
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	支
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	支
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	支
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	支
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	支
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	支
	Taishan	支
	Kaiping (Chikan)	支
	Enping (Niujiang)	支
	Heshan (Yayao)	隻
	Dongguan	支
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	支
	Qingyuan	支
	Fogang	面
	Yingde (Hanguang)	條
	Yangshan	條
	Lianshan (Butian)	面, 支
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	支
	Shaoguan	支
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	面
	Renhua	支
	Lechang	支
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	支
	Sihui	支
	Guangning	條
	Deqing	面
	Huaiji	面, 條
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	支
	Yunfu	支
	Xinxing	支
	Luoding	面, 支
	Yunan (Pingtai)	支
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	條
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	面
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	面
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	面
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	面
Huizhou	Shexian	面
Jin	Taiyuan	面
	Yangyuan	面
	Datong	面
	Xinzhou	面
	Lüliang (Lishi)	面
	Changzhi	面
	Linhe	面
	Jining	面
	Hohhot	面
	Erenhot	面
	Pingshan	面
	Zhangjiakou	面
	Handan	面
	Linzhou	面
	Suide	面
Southern Min	Xiamen	面
	Quanzhou	面
	Zhangzhou	面
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	面
	Jieyang	支
	Haikou	支
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	支
Xiang	Changsha	面

Dialectal synonyms of 首 (“(classifier for songs)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		首, 支
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	首
	Singapore	首
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	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, Xiangzhou)	支
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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
Southern Min	Jinjiang	塊
	Tainan	條, 首
	Singapore (Hokkien)	條
	Manila (Hokkien)	塊
	Shantou	條
	Shantou (Chenghai)	條
	Jieyang	條
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	首, 條
Wu	Shanghai	隻
Xiang	Changsha	隻

Dialectal synonyms of 張 (“(classifier for mouths)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		張
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	張
Cantonese	Guangzhou	把
	Hong Kong	個, 把
Hakka	Meixian	張
Eastern Min	Fuqing	隻
Southern Min	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	支
	Tainan	支
	Tainan (Anping)	支
	Shantou	個
	Jieyang	支

Compounds

• 一木難支 / 一木难支 (yīmùnánzhī)
• 不支 (bùzhī)
• 不支倒地
• 不蔓不支
• 乾支剌 / 干支剌
• 乾支支 / 干支支
• 人頭支票 / 人头支票
• 令支 (Lìngzhī)
• 借支 (jièzhī)
• 入不支出
• 公共支出
• 冒支銀 / 冒支银
• 分支 (fēnzhī)
• 分支機關 / 分支机关
• 列支敦士登 (Lièzhīdūnshìdēng)
• 列支敦斯登 (Lièzhīdūnsīdēng)
• 利息支出
• 劃線支票 / 划线支票 (huàxiàn zhīpiào)
• 力竭難支 / 力竭难支
• 動支 / 动支
• 十二支 (shí'èrzhī)
• 千支萬派 / 千支万派
• 印度支那 (Yìndù-Zhīnà)
• 各支支
• 國際收支 / 国际收支
• 地支 (dìzhī)
• 墊支 / 垫支 (diànzhī)
• 大支坪 (Dàzhīpíng)
• 大月支 (dàyuèzhī)
• 天干地支
• 失支脫節 / 失支脱节
• 嫡支嫡派
• 寅支卯糧 / 寅支卯粮
• 密支那 (Mìzhīnà)
• 對支 / 对支
• 小支氣管 / 小支气管 (xiǎozhīqìguǎn)
• 屁支支
• 左右支絀 / 左右支绌
• 左支右吾
• 左支右絀 / 左支右绌 (zuǒzhīyòuchù)
• 干支 (gānzhī)
• 度支 (Dùzhī)
• 形單影支 / 形单影支
• 惡支殺 / 恶支杀
• 憋支支
• 技術支援 / 技术支援 (jìshù zhīyuán)
• 措支剌
• 支付 (zhīfù)
• 支付命令
• 支付憑單 / 支付凭单 (zhīfù píngdān)
• 支使 (zhīshǐ)
• 支出 (zhīchū)
• 支分
• 支前 (zhīqián)
• 支劃 / 支划
• 支助 (zhīzhù)
• 支取 (zhīqǔ)
• 支吾 (zhīwú)
• 支吾其詞 / 支吾其词 (zhīwuqící)
• 支單 / 支单
• 支嘴兒 / 支嘴儿
• 支婆
• 支子
• 支孽 (zhīniè)
• 支對 / 支对
• 支局 (zhījú)
• 支屬 / 支属
• 支差 (zhīchāi)
• 支店 (zhīdiàn)
• 支庶 (zhīshù)
• 支應 / 支应 (zhīyìng)
• 支手舞腳 / 支手舞脚
• 支持 (zhīchí)
• 支持者 (zhīchízhě)
• 支援 (zhīyuán)
• 支援部隊 / 支援部队 (zhīyuán bùduì)
• 支撐 / 支撑 (zhīchēng)
• 支撥 / 支拨 (zhībō)
• 支支吾吾 (zhīzhīwúwú)
• 支支喳喳
• 支書 / 支书 (zhīshū)
• 支會 / 支会
• 支架 (zhījià)
• 支柱 (zhīzhù)
• 支架子
• 支根 (zhīgēn)
• 支楞
• 支樁 / 支桩
• 支款 (zhīkuǎn)
• 支氣管 / 支气管 (zhīqìguǎn)
• 支氣管氣喘 / 支气管气喘 (zhīqìguǎn qìchuǎn)
• 支氣管炎 / 支气管炎 (zhīqìguǎnyán)
• 支派 (zhīpài)
• 支流 (zhīliú)
• 支渠 (zhīqú)
• 支爐兒 / 支炉儿
• 支理
• 支用 (zhīyòng)
• 支當 / 支当
• 支破
• 支票 (zhīpiào)
• 支票機 / 支票机
• 支票簿 (zhīpiàobù)
• 支移 (zhīyí)
• 支空頭 / 支空头
• 支節 / 支节 (zhījié)
• 支絀 / 支绌 (zhīchù)
• 支線 / 支线 (zhīxiàn)
• 支脈 / 支脉 (zhīmài)
• 支薪
• 支行 (zhīháng)
• 支襯 / 支衬
• 支解 (zhījiě)
• 支調 / 支调
• 支謙 / 支谦
• 支讖 / 支谶
• 支費 / 支费 (zhīfèi)
• 支路 (zhīlù)
• 支轉 / 支转
• 支遁
• 支遁買山 / 支遁买山
• 支遣
• 支邊 / 支边
• 支那 (Zhīnà)
• 支那語 / 支那语 (zhīnàyǔ)
• 支那通 (zhīnàtōng)
• 支郎
• 支部 (zhībù)
• 支配 (zhīpèi)
• 支開 / 支开
• 支隊 / 支队 (zhīduì)
• 支離 / 支离 (zhīlí)
• 支離破碎 / 支离破碎 (zhīlípòsuì)
• 支領 / 支领 (zhīlǐng)
• 支頤 / 支颐 (zhīyí)
• 支騰 / 支腾
• 支骸
• 支點 / 支点 (zhīdiǎn)
• 收支 (shōuzhī)
• 收支平衡
• 政府開支 / 政府开支 (zhèngfǔ kāizhī)
• 旁支 (pángzhī)
• 旅行支票 (lǚxíng zhīpiào)
• 月支 (yuèzhī)
• 本支
• 本支百世
• 東支西吾 / 东支西吾
• 條支 / 条支 (Tiáozhī)
• 槍支 / 枪支 (qiāngzhī)
• 樂不可支 / 乐不可支 (lèbùkězhī)
• 活支
• 活支剌
• 濫支 / 滥支
• 焉支山
• 燕支
• 燕支山
• 特支
• 獨力難支 / 独力难支
• 獨木難支 / 独木难支 (dúmùnánzhī)
• 破碎支離 / 破碎支离
• 移轉支付 / 移转支付
• 空頭支票 / 空头支票
• 精神支持 (jīngshén zhīchí)
• 統收統支 / 统收统支
• 經費支絀 / 经费支绌
• 胡支對 / 胡支对
• 胡支扯葉 / 胡支扯叶
• 菩提流支
• 補償支付 / 补偿支付
• 語支 / 语支 (yǔzhī)
• 貿易收支 / 贸易收支
• 超支 (chāozhī)
• 車支子 / 车支子 (chēzhīzi)
• 軋支票 / 轧支票
• 辟支佛
• 近支
• 透支 (tòuzhī)
• 遠期支票 / 远期支票
• 郅支
• 配水支管
• 鏡支兒 / 镜支儿
• 開支 / 开支 (kāizhī)
• 關支 / 关支
• 雞骨支床 / 鸡骨支床 (jīgǔzhīchuáng)
• 預支 / 预支 (yùzhī)
• 額支 / 额支

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (支):

• → Vietnamese: chi (支)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: chia

Etymology 2

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

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01715
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00006-003
• “支”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[4], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “支”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 159.

Japanese

Kyūjitai form

Kanji

支

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. (えだ): branch off; little pieces separated; a branch; hands and legs
2. (ささえる): support
3. provide, payment
4. (つかえる): be stuck
5. the twelve earthly branches

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kun: えだ (eda, 支)、ささえる (sasaeru, 支える, Jōyō)^{←ささへる (sasaferu, 支へる, historical)}、つかえる (tsukaeru, 支える)^{←つかへる (tukaferu, 支へる, historical)}
• Nanori: なか (naka)、もろ (moro)、ゆた (yuta)

Derived terms

• 支(し)払(はら)う (shiharau)

Etymology

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

From Middle Chinese 支 (MC tsye).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕi]
• (Tokyo) し [shíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])

Affix

支(し) • (shi) 

1. (obsolete) China; Chinese
   • 1923, 在米國華盛頓州シアトル市米國西北部聯絡日本人會, 米國西北部在留日本人發展略史 (Beikoku Seihoku-bu Zairyū Nihonjin Hatten Ryakushi) [A Brief History of the Development of the Resident Japanese in the Northwest of America]‎^[5], page 4:

     日(につ)支(し)人々口分(じんじんこうぶん)布(ぷ)統計(とうけい)

     Nisshijin jinkō bunpu tōkei

     Statistics for the distribution of the Japanese and Chinese population

   • 1945, Hirohito, Hirohito surrender broadcast:

     朕(ちん)ハ帝(てい)國(こく)政(せい)府(ふ)ヲシテ米(べい)英(えい)支(し)蘇(そ)四(し)國(こく)ニ對(たい)シ其(そ)ノ共(きょう)同(どう)宣(せん)言(げん)ヲ受(じゅ)諾(だく)スル旨(むね)通(つう)告(こく)セシメタリ

     Chin wa teikoku seifu o shite bei ei shi so shikoku ni taishi sono kyōdō sengen o judaku suru mune tsūkoku seshimetari

     We have ordered our government to communicate to the governments of the United States, Great Britain, China and the Soviet Union that our empire accepts the provisions of their joint declaration.

Synonyms

• 中(ちゅう) (chū)

Korean

Hanja

支 (eumhun 지탱할 지 (jitaenghal ji))

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Vietnamese

Han character

支: Hán Việt readings: chi
支: Nôm readings: chề, chi, chê, chia, xê, che, giê, xài

1. chữ Hán form of chi (“branch; to spend”)
2. chữ Nôm form of che (“to cover; to take shelter”)
   • 12th or 15th century, 佛說大報父母重經 [Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh]‎^[6], page 14a:

     咍布朱奴所対渴，咍思奥支愈列。

     Hai vú cho no thửa đói khát, hai tay áo che gió rét.

     Her two breasts satisfy his hunger and thirst; her two sleeves protect him from the wind and cold.

3. chữ Nôm form of chê (“to criticize; to belittle”)
4. chữ Nôm form of chia (“to divide; to distribute; to share”)
5. chữ Nôm form of giê (“used in Giê-su (“Jesus”)”)

Compounds

• 倍支 (bội chi)
• 地支 (địa chi)
• 干支 (can chi)
• 支團 (chi đoàn)
• 支局 (chi cục)
• 支把 (chi trả)
• 支援 (chi viện)
• 支會 (chi hội)
• 支梗 (chi nhánh)
• 支用 (chi dùng)
• 支票 (chi phiếu)
• 支秋 (Giê-su)
• 支費 (chi phí)
• 支那 (Chi Na)
• 支部 (chi bộ)
• 支配 (chi phối)
• 支銷 (chi tiêu)
• 支隊 (chi đội)
• 支離 (chi li)
• 收支 (thu chi)
• 暫支 (tạm chi)
• 預支 (dự chi)