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Kanji Detail for 支 - "to support, branch"

支

  • Meaning

    支 means "to support, branch." Also associated with to 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.

  • Words using 支

    • 支援 しえん Listen support; backing; aid
    • 支局 しきょく Listen branch office
    • 支店 してん Listen branch office; branch store
    • 収支 しゅうし Listen income and expenditure
    • 支部 しぶ Listen branch; branch office; subdivision
    • 支配 しはい Listen rule; domination; control
    • 支払い しはらい Listen payment
    • 支給 しきゅう Listen provision; supply; payment

  • Four-character idioms with 支

    • 支離滅裂 しりめつれつ Listen incoherent; inconsistent; illogical

  • Tattoo check: 支

    • Verified meaning: to support, branch
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ざい, ささえ, ささふ, し)
    • Also carries these associations: to pay

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 支

    Given names 支(ささえ)Listen

    Surnames 支(ざい)Listen 支(ささふ)Listen 支(し)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ka.u(か-う) か-う

    sasa.eru(ささ-える) ささ-える

    tsuka.eru(つか-える) つか-える

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    支 (shi・shinyo・edanyo・jumata)

  • Related Keywords

    to support branch to pay block hinder limb zodiac prop sustain arm aid assist back bolster bough disburse division offshoot hold maintain extend uphold

Sentences including 支

  • 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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