漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
枝: bough, branch
Also: twig, limb, counter for branches
JLPT N28 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 支 gives the sound
8 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 枝葉末節しようまっせつinessentials
- 枝垂れ桜しだれざくらweeping cherry
- 楊枝ようじtoothpick
えだeda · kun'yomi · on its own
- 枝えだbranch, bow, twig
- 枝葉えだはleaves and branches, foliage
- 小枝こえだtwig, spray
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)木 tree (meaning) + 支 branch (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 枝 (rev. 93596023), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Tree (木) + branch/support (支). The physical "branch" that grows from the trunk of a "tree," providing the structure for leaves and fruit.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side枝 bough · 支
vs板 plank · 反In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhī
Same form: 枝 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 枝 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 枝 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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