支 — branch, support

ささえ支 branch

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 4 strokes money

U+652F Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #159 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #768 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #65

Meanings

branch
support

word

ささ sasa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

支(ささ) え sasae support 支(ささ) える sasaeru to support

し shi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

支(し) 配(はい) shihai rule 支(し) 持(じ) shiji support 支(し) 出(しゅつ) shishutsu expenditure 支(し) 部(ぶ) shibu branch office 支(し) 給(きゅう) shikyuu provision 支(し) 店(てん) shiten branch office 支(し) 社(しゃ) shisha branch office 支(し) 度(たく) shitaku preparation

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

じゅう十 ten #24

又 grabbing hand

Used as component in (5)

わざ技 skill えだ枝 branch ぎ岐 branch off し肢 limb き伎 deed

Compound ideograph (会意). 十 (branch/cross) held by 又 (hand). A hand holding a branch — support, branch.

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#65 支 branch