支

See also: 攴 and 枝
支 U+652F, 支
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-652F
← 攮
[U+652E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 攰 →
[U+6530]
⽀ U+2F40, ⽀
KANGXI RADICAL BRANCH
← ⼿
[U+2F3F] 		Kangxi Radicals ⽁ →
[U+2F41]

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Han characterEdit

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Radical 65 支

支 (radical 65, 支+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 十水 (JE), four-corner 40407, composition ⿱十又)

  1. Kangxi radical #65, ⽀.

Derived charactersEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 支

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 支
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
Characters in the same phonetic series (支) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
支 *kje
枝 *kje
肢 *kje
汥 *kje, *ɡe, *ɡres
衼 *kje
馶 *kje, *qʰjes, *kes, *ɡe
鳷 *kje
忮 *kjes
伎 *kjes, *ɡe, *ɡreʔ
豉 *ɡjes
翅 *qʰjes
翄 *qʰjes, *ɡe
妓 *kre, *ɡreʔ
庋 *kreʔ, *kʷreʔ
跂 *kʰeʔ, *kʰes, *ɡe
蚑 *kʰes, *ɡe
吱 *kʰes
岐 *ɡe
歧 *ɡe
鬾 *ɡre, *ɡres
技 *ɡreʔ
芰 *ɡres
攱 *kʷreʔ, *kʷres
庪 *kʷreʔ
頍 *kʰʷeʔ
屐 *ɡreɡ

Shuowen: Half of 竹 + 又.

PronunciationEdit

Note:
  • kî - vernacular;
  • chṳ̂ - literary.
  • Jin
  • Min Bei
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • ki - vernacular;
    • chi - literary.
    Note: gi1 - vernacular, zin1 - literary.
    Rime
    Character 支
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 章 (23)
    Final (韻) 支 (11)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 章移切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/t͡ɕiᴇ/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/t͡ɕiɛ/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/t͡ɕjɛ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ciə̆/
    Li
    Rong         		/t͡ɕie/
    Wang
    Li         		/t͡ɕǐe/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/t͡ɕie̯/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		zhī
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 支 支
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		zhī zhī
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ tsye › ‹ tsye ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ke/ /*ke/
    English support, hold up branch (of tree), limb

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 支
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 17200
    Phonetic
    component         		支
    Rime
    group         		支
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		支
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kje/

    DefinitionsEdit

    支

    1. to support; to bear; to sustain
    2. to disburse; to pay; to defray
    3. to prop up; to put up
    4. to send away; to put off somebody
    5. branch; offshoot; subdivision
    6. A surname​.
    7. Classifier for cigarettes, arrows, pens, drinking straws. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
    8. 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!
    9. (obsolete, 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

    SynonymsEdit

    Dialectal synonyms of 首 (“(classifier for songs)”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 首, 支
    Mandarin Taiwan 首
    Singapore 首
    Cantonese Guangzhou 支, 隻
    Hong Kong 首, 隻, 支
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 隻, 支
    Macau 支
    Panyu 隻
    Huadu (Huashan) 隻
    Conghua 隻
    Zengcheng 支
    Foshan 支
    Nanhai (Shatou) 隻
    Shunde 支
    Sanshui 支
    Gaoming (Mingcheng) 支
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 支
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 支
    Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 支
    Doumen 支
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 支
    Xinhui 支
    Taishan 條
    Kaiping (Chikan) 條
    Enping (Niujiang) 條
    Heshan (Yayao) 隻
    Dongguan 支
    Bao'an (Shajing) 支
    Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 支
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 條
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 隻
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 條
    Conghua (Lütian) 隻
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 條
    Liudui (S. Sixian) 條
    Hsinchu (Hailu) 條
    Dongshi (Dabu) 條
    Hsinchu (Raoping) 條
    Yunlin (Zhao'an) 條
    Min Nan Tainan 條, 首
    Singapore (Hokkien) 條
    Manila (Hokkien) 塊
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 條
    Xiang Changsha 隻

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 支

    ReferencesEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    支

    (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. little pieces separated; a branch
    2. hands and legs

    ReadingsEdit

    Derived termsEdit

    EtymologyEdit

    Kanji in this term
    支
    し
    Grade: 5
    on’yomi

    AffixEdit

    支(し) • (shi) 

    1. (obsolete) China; Chinese
      • 1923, 在米國華盛頓州シアトル市米國西北部聯絡日本人會, 米國西北部在留日本人發展略史 (Beikoku Seihoku-bu Zairyū Nihonjin Hatten Ryakushi) [A Brief History of the Development of the Resident Japanese in the Northwest of America]‎[2], page 4:
        日(につ)支(し)人々口分布統計(じんじんこうぶんぷとうけい)
        Nisshijin jinkō tōkei
        (please add an English translation of this example)
    SynonymsEdit

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    支 (eumhun 지탱할 지 (jitaenghal ji))

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    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    支: Hán Nôm readings: chi

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