The Chinese Radical: 支


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Meaning
branch    支

Explanation The bottom shows one of the variants of “hand 又”, which holds a branch or twig 十.

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

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 in the hand, he beats the drums.  
HSK 4
skill, talent, ability

Left: hand 扌, right: branch 支 (branch/twig 十 and hand 又)
A hand that balances a branch on the hand is skilled.  
HSK 4
branch, twig, support, to sustain, to erect
zhī
Top: twig/branch 十, below: hand 又
The twig in my hand is a twig, which I use as a support.  
HSK 5
wing, shark's fin
chì
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.  
HSK 6
branch, sticks, rods, pencils
zhī
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.  
HSK 6
divergent, side road

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.  
HSK 6
limb
zhī
Left: body part 月/肉, right: twig / branch 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十)
The body's "branches" are the limbs.  
no HSK
prostitute

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.  
no HSK
(of mice) to squeak, (of small birds) to chirp /peep

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  
no HSK
trick, scheme, skill, tactic, craft

Left: person 人, right: twig 支 (twig 十 and hand 又)
The person (balancing) a twig in the hand shows a skillful trick.  
no HSK
divergent, side road, steep

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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