枝

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See also: 支
枝 U+679D, 枝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-679D
← 果
[U+679C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 枞 →
[U+679E]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

枝 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木十水 (DJE), four-corner 44947, composition ⿰木支)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 516, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14557
  • Dae Jaweon: page 904, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1165, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+679D

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 枝
alternative forms 支

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 枝
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kje) and ideogrammic compound (會意): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 支 (OC *kje, “branch”).

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Note:
  • Meixian:
    • zi1 - literary;
    • gi1 - vernacular.
  • Jin
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • ki - vernacular;
    • chi - literary.
    Rime
    Character 枝
    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 枝
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		zhī
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ tsye ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ke/
    English branch (of tree)

    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 枝
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 17201
    Phonetic
    component         		支
    Rime
    group         		支
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		支
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kje/

    Definitions[edit]

    枝

    1. branch; twig
      柳枝低垂在水面上。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
      Liǔ zhī dīchuí zài shuǐmiàn shang. [Pinyin]
      The branches of the willows drooped over the water.
      他把不結果的枝都修剪掉。 [MSC, trad.]
      他把不结果的枝都修剪掉。 [MSC, simp.]
      Tā bǎ bù jiēguǒ de zhī dōu xiūjiǎn diào. [Pinyin]
      He pruned every branch that did not bear fruit.
    2. Classifier for long cylindrical objects (stick, pen, rod, flower with stem, etc).
      一枝鉛筆／一枝铅笔  ―  yī zhī qiānbǐ  ―  a pencil
      一枝槍／一枝枪  ―  yī zhī qiāng  ―  a gun
    3. a surname
    Synonyms[edit]
    • (branch):

    Compounds[edit]

    Pronunciation 2[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    枝

    1. Alternative form of 跂 (“extra toe”)
    2. Alternative form of 歧 (qí, “divergent”)

    Further reading[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    枝

    Kanji[edit]

    枝

    (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. branch, limbs

    Readings[edit]

    References[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Inherited from earlier yeda, from Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *yonta. Cognate with Kunigami 枝 (ゆだー, yudā), Miyako 枝 (ゆだ, yuda), Okinawan 枝 (いぃだ, yida), 枝 (ゆだ, yuda), Yaeyama 枝 (ゆだ, yuda), Yonaguni 枝 (どぅだ, duda). The vowel change is irregular.

    Noun[edit]

    枝(えだ) • (eda) 

    1. branch, limbs
    2. (graph theory) edge

    Coordinate terms[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    枝 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    Kunigami[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    枝

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda, from Proto-Japonic *yonta.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    枝(ゆだー) (yudā) 

    1. branch (of a tree or plant); bough

    References[edit]

    • “ゆだー【枝】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

    Miyako[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    枝

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda, from Proto-Japonic *yonta.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    枝 (hiragana ゆだ, romaji yuda)

    1. branch (of a tree or plant); bough

    References[edit]

    • “ゆだ【枝】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

    Okinawan[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    枝

    (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda, from Proto-Japonic *yonta.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    枝(いぃだ) or 枝(ゆだ) (yida or yuda) 

    1. branch (of a tree or plant); bough

    References[edit]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    枝: Hán Nôm readings: chi, che

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    Yaeyama[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    枝

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda, from Proto-Japonic *yonta.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    枝 (hiragana ゆだ, rōmaji yuda)

    1. branch (of a tree or plant); bough

    References[edit]

    • “ゆだ【枝】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

    Yonaguni[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    枝

    Readings[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda, from Proto-Japonic *yonta.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    枝 (hiragana どぅだ, rōmaji duda)

    1. branch (of a tree or plant); bough

    References[edit]

    • “どぅだ【枝】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
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