支

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Radical 65 支

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
• 伎, 吱, 𭍾, 妓, 𪦶, 岐, 𢎼, 𫹍, 忮, 技, 汥, 𨸠, 𨑤, 枝, 歧, 𭮂, 𣲰, 𭸷, 䃽, 肢, 𤯙, 𭻁, 𤽑, 𥄏, 𥑂, 秓, 衼, 𥸳, 𥾣, 翄, 𦧉, 𦨟, 蚑, 𧣄, 䚳(𬣛), 豉, 𧹛, 䞚, 跂, 𨈛, 䡋, 䣫, 𮡏, 𨱜, 鈘, 𩉨, 𩚡, 鼓, 𦷨, 馶, 𩨝, 䰙, 鬾, 𩵾
• 𠚽, 𨙸, 𨙾, 㲍, 翅, 𢻈, 䧴, 頍(𫠆), 鳷(𫛛), 𥽤, 𥁈, 芰, 𩂏, 𡰸, 庋, 㽻, 䅩, 𣿯

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 又 (“hand”) + 十 (“(half of 竹) branch of bamboo”) – a hand breaking off a branch of bamboo.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

支

1. to support; to bear; to sustain
2. to disburse; to pay; to defray
3. to prop up; to put up
4. to send away; to put off somebody
5. branch; limb; offshoot; subdivision

   alt. forms: 枝

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

   alt. forms: 枝

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!

   Sing a song for us!

9. (Southern Min) Classifier for certain body parts.

   alt. forms: 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

Compounds

Descendants

Others:

• → Vietnamese: chia

Etymology 2

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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. little pieces separated; a branch
2. hands and legs

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

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)‎, 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 Nôm readings: chi

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