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Translingual
Han character
枝 (Kangxi radical 75, 木 +4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木十水 (DJE ), four-corner 44947 , composition ⿰木 支 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: 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
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
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *kje ) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 ) : semantic 木 ( “ tree ” ) + phonetic 支 ( OC *kje , “ branch ” ) .
Pronunciation 1
Note :
Meixian:
zi1 - literary;
gi1 - vernacular.
Note :
ki - vernacular;
chi - literary.
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. * 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
枝
branch ; twig
柳 枝 低垂 在 水面 上 。 [MSC , trad. and simp. ] Liǔ zhī dīchuí zài shuǐmiàn shang. 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. He pruned every branch that did not bear fruit.
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
a surname
Synonyms
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
枝
Alternative form of 跂 ( “ extra toe ” )
Alternative form of 歧 ( qí , “ divergent ” )
Further reading
Japanese
枝
Kanji
枝
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji )
branch , limbs
Readings
References
Etymology
Inherited from earlier yeda , from Old Japanese , from Proto-Japonic *yonta . Cognate with Kunigami 枝 ( yudā ) , Miyako 枝 ( yuda ) , Okinawan 枝 ( yida ) , 枝 ( yuda ) , Yaeyama 枝 ( yuda ) , Yonaguni 枝 ( duda ) . The vowel change is irregular.
Noun
枝( えだ ) • (eda ) ←えだ ( eda ) ?
branch , limbs
( graph theory ) edge
Coordinate terms
Korean
Hanja
枝 • (ji ) (hangeul 지 , revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)
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Kunigami
Kanji
枝
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji )
Readings
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda , from Proto-Japonic *yonta .
Pronunciation
Noun
枝( ゆだー ) (yudā )
branch ( of a tree or plant ) ; bough
References
“ゆだー【枝】 ” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary , 2019.
Miyako
Kanji
枝
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji )
Readings
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda , from Proto-Japonic *yonta .
Pronunciation
Noun
枝( ゆだ ) (yuda )
branch ( of a tree or plant ) ; bough
References
“ゆだ【枝】 ” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary , 2019.
Okinawan
Kanji
枝
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji )
Readings
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda , from Proto-Japonic *yonta .
Pronunciation
Noun
枝( いぃだ ) or 枝( ゆだ ) (yida or yuda )
branch ( of a tree or plant ) ; bough
References
“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.
Vietnamese
Han character
枝 : Hán Nôm readings: chi , che
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Yaeyama
Kanji
枝
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji )
Readings
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda , from Proto-Japonic *yonta .
Pronunciation
Noun
枝( ゆだ ) (yuda )
branch ( of a tree or plant ) ; bough
References
“ゆだ【枝】 ” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary , 2019.
Yonaguni
Kanji
枝
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji )
Readings
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda , from Proto-Japonic *yonta .
Pronunciation
Noun
枝( どぅだ ) (duda )
branch ( of a tree or plant ) ; bough
References
“どぅだ【枝】 ” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary , 2019.