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branch 支
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The bottom shows one of the variants of “hand 又”, which holds a branch or twig 十.
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Used in these characters:
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鼓
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| drum, to rouse, to beat, convex
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Left: 壴 (twig 十 over bean 豆 [here: image of a drum 豆 on a stand]), right: twig, support 支 (With a twig 十 in the hand 又, I am supporting)
With a twig over the drums and another twig in the hand, he beats the drums.
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技
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| skill, talent, ability
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Left: hand 扌, right: branch 支 (branch/twig 十 and hand 又)
A hand that balances a branch on the hand is skilled.
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支
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| branch, twig, support, to sustain, to erect
zhī
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Top: twig/branch 十, below: hand 又
The twig in my hand is a twig, which I use as a support.
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翅
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| wing, shark's fin
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Left: twig, support 支 (With a twig 十 in the hand 又, I am supporting.), right: wing 羽
The twig-like wing stands for: wings or fins.
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枝
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| branch, sticks, rods, pencils
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Left: tree 木, right: support/branch 支 (hand 又, holding a twig 十.)
A tree with a branch as a symbol for branch or long item.
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歧
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| divergent, side road
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Left: to stop 止 (footprint of a right foot that stops at a line 一), right: branch, twig 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十)
I stopped at the branch (of the way), because it is divergent.
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肢
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| limb
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Left: body part 月/肉, right: twig / branch 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十)
The body's "branches" are the limbs.
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妓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| prostitute
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Left: woman 女, right: support, twig 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十)
The woman shows with a twig, that she is a prostitute.
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吱
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JLPT no HSK |
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| (of mice) to squeak, (of small birds) to chirp /peep
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Left: mouth 口, right: twig, support 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十)
The sound (= "what comes out of the mouth") of twigs in a hand is like: a squeak
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伎
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JLPT no HSK |
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| trick, scheme, skill, tactic, craft
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Left: person 人, right: twig 支 (twig 十 and hand 又)
The person (balancing) a twig in the hand shows a skillful trick.
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岐
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JLPT no HSK |
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| divergent, side road, steep
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Left: mountain 山, right: twig, support 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十)
In the mountains is a 'twig' like a branching = divergent side road.
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| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
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