支 U+652F, 支 ← 攮[U+652E] CJK Unified Ideographs 攰 →[U+6530] ⽀ U+2F40, ⽀ ← ⼿[U+2F3F] Kangxi Radicals ⽁ →[U+2F41] Stroke order Stroke order
支 (Kangxi radical 65, 支+0, 4 strokes, Cangjie input 十水 (JE), four-corner 40407, composition ⿱十又)
- Kangxi radical #65, ⽀.
- Appendix:Chinese radical/支
- 䞚, 鬾, 㲍, 翅, 䧴, 頍(𫠆), 鳷(𫛛), 芰, 庋, 㽻, 䅩
- 伎, 吱, 妓, 岐, 忮, 技, 汥, 枝, 歧, 䃽, 肢, 秓, 衼, 翄, 蚑, 䚳(𬣛), 豉, 跂, 䡋, 䣫, 鈘, 鼓, 馶, 䰙
- 鼓 (Appendix:Chinese radical/鼓)
- 𛀦
- 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
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 又 (“hand”) + 十 (“(half of 竹) branch of bamboo”) – a branch.
Similar but unrelated to 攴, 丈, 尹 and 父.
simp. and trad. 支 alternative forms 𣏃𠦙𢺶
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)”)
支
- to support; to bear; to sustain
- to disburse; to pay; to defray
- 佢支嗮啲人工畀你未啊？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]keoi5 zi1 saai3 di1 jan4 gung1 bei2 nei5 mei6 aa3? [Jyutping](please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to prop up; to put up
- to send away; to put off somebody
- branch; limb; offshoot; subdivision Alternative form: 枝
- a surname
- Classifier for long, thin objects. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier Alternative form: 枝
- 菸一支一支一支的點 酒一杯一杯一杯的乾 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]烟一支一支一支的点 酒一杯一杯一杯的干 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]hun chi̍t ki chi̍t ki chi̍t ki leh tiám, chiú chi̍t poe chi̍t poe chi̍t poe leh ta [Pe̍h-ōe-jī](please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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! [Jyutping]Sing a song for us!
- (Southern Min) Classifier for certain body parts. Alternative form: 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 ― zhīyǔ 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
Others:
- → Vietnamese: chia
For pronunciation and definitions of 支 – see 丈 (“A unit of measurement.; to survey; to measure; etc.”).(This character is an ancient form of 丈).
- 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)[4], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “支”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 159.
(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
- 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)
- 支(し)払(はら)う (shiharau)
Kanji in this term 支 しGrade: 5 on’yomi
From Middle Chinese 支 (MC tsye).
- (Tokyo) し [shíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA(key): [ɕi]
支(し) • (shi)
- (obsolete) China; Chinese
- 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 tōkeiStatistics 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 seshimetariWe 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.
- 中(ちゅう) (chū)
支 (eumhun 지탱할 지 (jitaenghal ji))
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支: Hán Việt readings: chi[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] 支: Nôm readings: chề[4][5][6][7], chi[1][2][3], chê[1][2], chia[1][3], xê[3][4], che[1], giê[3], xài[3]
- chữ Hán form of chi (“branch; to spend”)
- chữ Nôm form of che (“to cover; to take shelter”)
- chữ Nôm form of chê (“to criticize; to belittle”)
- chữ Nôm form of chia (“to divide; to distribute; to share”)
- chữ Nôm form of giê (“used in Giê-su (“Jesus”)”)
