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Translingual
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Stroke order
Han character
支 (Kangxi radical 65, 支 +0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 十水 (JE ), four-corner 40407 , composition ⿱十 又 )
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
Descendants
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
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
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 ) : 又 ( “ hand ” ) + 十 ( “ (half of 竹 ) branch of bamboo ” ) – a hand breaking off a branch of bamboo.
Similar but unrelated to 攴 , 丈 , 尹 and 父 .
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ka(ː)k ( “ fork, branch, crotch ” ) . Cognate with the first syllable of Burmese ခက်ရင်း ( hkak-rang: , “ fork ” ) , as well as the following words (STEDT):
枝 (OC *kje , “branch (of tree); to resist, go astray”)
肢 (OC *kje , “limb (of body)”)
翅 (OC *qʰjes , “wing”)
歧 (OC *ɡe , “bifurcating, forked (as of a road)”)
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : zhī (zhi1 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄓ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : zi1
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : җы (žɨ, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : zi1
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : zi1
Gan (Wiktionary ) : zi1
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : kî / chṳ̂
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : gi1 / zi1
Jin (Wiktionary ) : zi1
Northern Min (KCR ) : cí
Eastern Min (BUC ) : ciĕ
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : ki / chi
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : gi1 / zin1
(Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin ) : ji1
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 1 tsy
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : zhr1
Note :
kî - vernacular;
chṳ̂ - literary.
Note :
ki - vernacular;
chi - literary.
Note : gi1 - vernacular, zin1 - literary.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
支
支
Reading #
1/2
2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
zhī
zhī
Middle Chinese
‹ tsye ›
‹ tsye ›
Old Chinese
/*ke/
/*ke/
English
support, hold up
branch (of tree), limb
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
支
Reading #
1/1
No.
17200
Phonetic component
支
Rime group
支
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
支
Old Chinese
/*kje/
Definitions
支
to support ; to bear ; to sustain
to disburse ; to pay ; to defray
to prop up ; to put up
to send away ; to put off somebody
branch ; limb ; offshoot ; subdivision
alt. forms: 枝
a surname
Classifier for long, thin objects. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
alt. forms: 枝
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!
( Southern Min ) Classifier for certain body parts.
alt. forms: 枝
一 支 喙 [Hokkien ] ― chi̍t ki chhùi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī ] ― a mouth
( 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 ― zhī yǔ jǐngchá ― ( Taiwan, Internet slang ) people who like to correct or criticize the use of Mainland terms (literally, “Chink language police”)
( ~日 ) ( telegraphy ) the fourth day of a month
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
把 (“(classifier for knives)”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
把
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
把
Taiwan
把
Malaysia
把
Singapore
把
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
把
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
把
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
把
Wanrong
把
Xi'an
把
Xining
把
Xuzhou
把
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
把
Lanzhou
把
Ürümqi
把
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
把
Wuhan
把
Guilin
把
Liuzhou
把
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
把
Yangzhou
把
Hefei
把
Cantonese
Guangzhou
把 , 張
Hong Kong
把 , 張
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
柄 , 把
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
張
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
把
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
把
Macau
張
Guangzhou (Panyu)
張
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
張
Guangzhou (Conghua)
張
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
張
Foshan
張
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
張
Foshan (Shunde)
張
Foshan (Sanshui)
張
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
張
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
張
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
張
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
張
Zhuhai (Doumen)
張
Jiangmen (Baisha)
張
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
張
Taishan
張
Kaiping (Chikan)
張
Enping (Niujiang)
張
Heshan (Yayao)
張
Dongguan
張
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
張
Qingyuan
張
Fogang
張
Yingde (Hanguang)
張
Yangshan
張
Lianshan (Butian)
把
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
張
Shaoguan
張
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
張 , 把
Renhua
張
Lechang
把
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
張
Sihui
張
Guangning
張
Deqing
張
Huaiji
支 , 把
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
張
Yunfu
張
Xinxing
張
Luoding
把
Yunan (Pingtai)
張
Yangjiang
張
Xinyi
張
Lianjiang
把
Nanning
把
Guiping
把
Mengshan (Xihe)
把
Guigang (Nanjiang)
張
Beiliu (Tangliao)
把
Baise
把
Bobai
張
Lingshan
把
Pubei
把
Qinzhou
把
Beihai
把
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
把
Ningming
把
Hengzhou
把
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
張
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
把
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
把
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
把
Móng Cái
把
Gan
Nanchang
把
Lichuan
把
Pingxiang
把
Hakka
Meixian
張
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
把
Dongguan (Qingxi)
張
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
張
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
張
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
把
Yudu
把
Hong Kong
張
Beiliu (Tang'an)
張
Mashan (Pianlian)
把
Senai (Huiyang)
把
Huizhou
Jixi
把
Jin
Taiyuan
把
Xinzhou
把
Northern Min
Jian'ou
把
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
把
Southern Min
Xiamen
叢 , 支
Quanzhou
叢 , 支
Jinjiang
支
Yongchun
支
Zhangzhou
叢
Manila (Hokkien)
支
Zhangping (Yongfu)
支
Datian
支
Pingnan (Shangdu)
把
Chaozhou
支
Shantou
支
Bangkok (Teochew)
支
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
支
Leizhou
把
Haikou
把
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
張 , 把
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
張
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
把
Wu
Shanghai
把
Shanghai (Chongming)
把
Suzhou
把
Danyang
把
Hangzhou
把
Ningbo
把
Wenzhou
把
Jinhua
把
Xiang
Changsha
把
Loudi
把
Shuangfeng
把
Quanzhou
把
Dialectal synonyms of
首 (“(classifier for songs)”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
首 , 支
Northeastern Mandarin
Taiwan
首
Singapore
首
Southwestern Mandarin
Guilin
首
Cantonese
Guangzhou
支 , 隻
Hong Kong
首 , 隻 , 支
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
隻 , 支
Macau
支
Guangzhou (Panyu)
隻
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
隻
Guangzhou (Conghua)
隻
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
支
Foshan
支
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
隻
Foshan (Shunde)
支
Foshan (Sanshui)
支
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
支
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
支
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
支
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
支
Zhuhai (Doumen)
支
Jiangmen (Baisha)
支
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
支
Taishan
條
Kaiping (Chikan)
條
Enping (Niujiang)
條
Heshan (Yayao)
隻
Dongguan
支
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
支
Hakka
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
支
Dongguan (Qingxi)
條
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
隻
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
條
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
隻
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
條
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
條
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
條
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
條
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
條
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
條
Southern Min
Jinjiang
塊
Tainan
條 , 首
Singapore (Hokkien)
條
Manila (Hokkien)
塊
Shantou
條
Shantou (Chenghai)
條
Jieyang
條
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
首 , 條
Wu
Shanghai
隻
Xiang
Changsha
隻
Dialectal synonyms of
張 (“(classifier for mouths)”)
Dialectal synonyms of
支 (“(classifier for cigarettes)”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
支
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
根兒 , 顆 , 支
Taiwan
根
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
顆 , 根兒
Central Plains Mandarin
Xi'an
根兒 , 支
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
杆
Wuhan
根
Jianghuai Mandarin
Yangzhou
根 , 支
Hefei
根
Cantonese
Guangzhou
支
Hong Kong
支 , 飛
Yangjiang
支
Gan
Nanchang
根
Hakka
Meixian
支
Jin
Taiyuan
根 , 支
Northern Min
Jian'ou
支 , 筒
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
條
Southern Min
Xiamen
支 , 叢
Tainan
支
Chaozhou
支
Wu
Suzhou
根 , 支
Wenzhou
支
Xiang
Changsha
根
Shuangfeng
根
Compounds
Descendants
Others :
Etymology 2
References
Japanese
Kanji
支
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji )
( えだ ) : branch off ; little pieces separated; a branch ; hands and legs [ 1]
( ささえる ) : support
provide , payment
( つかえる ) : be stuck
the twelve earthly branches
Readings
Go-on : し ( shi , Jōyō )
Kan-on : し ( shi , Jōyō )
Kun : えだ ( eda , 支 ) 、ささえる ( sasa eru , 支える , Jōyō ) ←ささへる ( sasa feru , 支へる , historical ) 、つかえる ( tsuka eru , 支える ) ←つかへる ( tuka feru , 支へる , historical )
Nanori : なか ( naka ) 、もろ ( moro ) 、ゆた ( yuta )
Derived terms
Etymology
Affix
支( し ) • (shi )
( 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 ) [A Brief History of the Development of the Resident Japanese in the Northwest of America ] , 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 ) Nisshi jin jinkō bunpu tōkei Statistics for the distribution of the Japanese and Chinese population
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
References
Korean
Hanja
支 (eumhun 지탱할 지 ( jitaenghal ji ) )
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Vietnamese
Han character
支 : Hán Nôm readings: chi
chữ Hán form of chi ( “ branch ; to spend ” ) .
Compounds