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Kanji Detail for 枝 - "branch, twig"

枝

  • Meaning

    枝 means "branch, twig." Also associated with offshoot.

    1. Branch - A limb of a tree; an offshoot.

    2. Twig - A small branch; a shoot.

    3. Offshoot - Something that branches off; a derivative.

  • Four-character idioms with 枝

    • 枝葉末節 しようまっせつ Listen unimportant details; inessentials
    • 金枝玉葉 きんしぎょくよう Listen member of the Imperial family; royalty; beautiful clouds

  • Tattoo check: 枝

    • Verified meaning: branch, twig
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read えた, えだ, えださき, しげ)
    • Also carries these associations: offshoot

    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 枝

    Surnames 枝(えた)Listen 枝(えだ)Listen 枝(えださき)Listen 枝(しげ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bough; branch; twig; limb; counter for branches

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    branches, limbs; branch off

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    branches, limbs; to branch off

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

    A branch. Secondary growth from a tree. Special circumstances in a matter are called 枝節 (complications), with the same meaning. Anything branching from one body is called 枝. Such as calling the imperial family 金枝玉葉 (golden branches and jade leaves). | 榦枝: Commonly written as 干支. Refers to the ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches, using the trunk and branches of a tree as a metaphor. | 枝指: Extra fingers. From "Zhuangzi."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    eda(えだ) えだ

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    branch twig offshoot extension bough limb appendage arm fork division sprout stem derivative foliage tree

Sentences including 枝

  • I cut a branch from the tree.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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