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枝

枝 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. えだ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「木」+音符「支」。「木のえだ」を意味する漢語｛枝｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シHS
Kun (native)
  • えだElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • え
  • ぐさ
Other languages
  • 拼音zhi1
  • 拼音qi2
  • 한글ji
  • Hán-ViệtChi
  • Hán-ViệtKỳ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+679D

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木支

Words using this kanji

  • 枝えだbranch, bough, limb, twig
  • 枝葉えだは枝と葉。 重要、主要でないことがら。branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials
  • 枝豆えだまめedamame (green soybeans)
  • 枝しcounter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
  • 枝道えだみちbranch road, byroad, side street, digression
  • 枝族しぞくtribe, branch family
  • 枝毛えだげsplit end of hair
  • 枝角えだづのantler
  • 枝尺えだしゃくgeometer moth, geometrid (of the Ennominae subfamily)
  • 枝宮えだみやsubordinate shrine
  • 枝線えだせんbranch line
  • 枝るえだるto work without sleep or rest
  • 枝肉えだにくdressed carcass, meat on the bone
  • 枝神えだがみenshrined deity of a subordinate shrine
  • 枝鞭えだむちbirch rod
  • 枝条しじょうbranch (of a tree)
  • 枝番えだばんclassification number, branch number
  • 枝木えだぎbranch (of a tree), stick
  • 枝先えださきtip of a branch
  • 枝切りえだきりpruning

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-4
Four Corner
4494.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a4.18
Heisig
770
Nelson
2211