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Kanji Detail for 支 - "support, branch, pay"

  • Meaning

    支 means "support, branch, pay."

    1. Support - To hold up; to sustain.

    2. Branch - To divide; to separate.

    3. Limb - A branch; an arm or leg (same as 肢).

    4. Pay - To disburse; to provide.

    5. Manage - To handle; to control.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    branch; support; sustain; branch radical (no. 65)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    disperse, pay; support; branch

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Zhi

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Secondary. 支子 means a son by a concubine. Now, family branches are also 分支. | All things diverging from one source are 支. Such as 支流, 支派. | To sustain. Such as 樂不可支, meaning unable to contain oneself. Now, barely managing is 支持. | To calculate. The former Qing had the 度支部, managing accounting, today's Ministry of Finance. | Disbursing money is 支. Such as 支出, 支付. | To divide. 支離 is like saying scattered. | The twelve earthly branches. Names for time: 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥. Also called 地支, contrasting with 天干, like a tree having trunk and branches.
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Sentences including

  • His company is under his control.

  • The baby walked supported by his mother.

  • Nobody bore me out.

  • He was paid 10000 dollars.

  • I paid 3 dollars for the book.

  • I have decided not to support the plan.

  • May i pay by check?

  • He made a speech in support of the plan.

  • Hold them there ! don't let them into the city !

  • He is willing to stand by you.

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