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
枝-seal.svg 枝-bigseal.svg
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:
  • 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
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
    Synonyms: 丫枝 (yāzhī), 樹椏／树桠
    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):
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Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 枝

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Definitions[edit]

枝

  1. Alternative form of 跂 (qí, “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)

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Kunigami[edit]

Kanji[edit]

枝

Readings[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

枝 (hiragana ゆだー, romaji yudā)

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

References[edit]

  • “ゆだー【枝】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
  • “ユダー” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Nakijin Dialect Dictionary.

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.
  • “ユダ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Miyako Dialect Dictionary.
  • “ゆだ” in Celik Kenan Thibault, Online Miyako Dictionary, 2016.

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 (hiragana いぃだ, rōmaji yida, alternative reading ゆだ, rōmaji yuda)

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

References[edit]

  • “いだ・いぃだ・ゐだ・ゆぃだ【枝】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
  • “ゆだ【枝】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
  • “ヰダ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary.
  • “ユダ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary.

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

枝: Hán Nôm readings: chi, che

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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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