枝 — branch, bough, twig

えだ枝 branch

えだ

U+679D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1401 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #713 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

branch
bough
twig

Readings

On'yomi: し shi
Kun'yomi: えだ eda

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えだ eda 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).

枝(えだ) eda branch

Words by frequency and grade

1 word

Each dot is a word containing 枝: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

き木 tree #75

ささえ支 branch #65

Phono-semantic compound (形声). 木 (tree) provides the meaning. 支 (shi, branch/support) gives both sound and concept. A branch or bough.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#75 木 tree