The Chinese Radical: 支


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Meaning
branch    支

Explanation The bottom shows one of the variants of “hand ”, which holds a branch or twig .

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 4
drum, to rouse, to beat, convex

Left: (twig over bean [here: image of a drum on a stand]), right: twig, support (With a twig in the hand , I am supporting)
With a twig over the drums and another in the hand, he beats the drums.
JLPT HSK 4
skill, talent, ability

Left: hand , right: branch (branch/twig and hand )
A hand that balances a branch on the hand is skilled.
JLPT HSK 4
branch, twig, support, to sustain, to erect
zhī
Top: twig/branch , below: hand
The twig in my hand is a twig, which I use as a support.
JLPT HSK 5
wing, shark's fin
chì
Left: twig, support (With a twig in the hand , I am supporting.), right: wing
The twig-like wing stands for: wings or fins.
JLPT HSK 6
branch, sticks, rods, pencils
zhī
Left: tree , right: support/branch (hand , holding a twig .)
A tree with a branch as a symbol for branch or long item.
JLPT HSK 6
divergent, side road

Left: to stop (footprint of a right foot that stops at a line ), right: branch, twig (hand that holds a twig )
I stopped at the branch (of the way), because it is divergent.
JLPT HSK 6
limb
zhī
Left: body part /, right: twig / branch (hand that holds a twig )
The body's "branches" are the limbs.
JLPT no HSK
prostitute

Left: woman , right: support, twig (hand that holds a twig )
The woman shows with a twig, that she is a prostitute.
JLPT no HSK
(of mice) to squeak, (of small birds) to chirp /peep

Left: mouth , right: twig, support (hand that holds a twig )
The sound (= "what comes out of the mouth") of twigs in a hand is like: a squeak
JLPT no HSK
trick, scheme, skill, tactic, craft

Left: person , right: twig (twig and hand )
The person (balancing) a twig in the hand shows a skillful trick.
JLPT no HSK
divergent, side road, steep

Left: mountain , right: twig, support (hand that holds a twig )
In the mountains is a 'twig' like a branching = divergent side road.

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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