| Meaning |
branch (of a tree) 支
|
| Explanation |
The bottom shows one of the variants of “hand 又”, which holds a branch or twig 十.
|
Used in these characters:
|
|
技
|
 |
|
JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
|
| skill, technique, craft
waza, GI
扌
支
 |
|
Left: hand 扌, right: twig/branch 支 (= branch 十 and hand 又)
A hand that balances a twig on the hand is skilled.
|
|
|
|
支
|
|
|
JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
|
| support, sustain, hold, branch(office)
sasaeru, SHI
支
十
|
|
Top: branch 十, below: hand 又
A branch in the hand as support (of the branch office).
|
|
|
|
岐
|
|
|
JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
|
| fork of road, branch off, diverge
|
Left: mountain 山, right: branch/twig 支 (twig 十 in a hand 又)
In the mountains like a twig: The road's fork.
|
|
|
|
鼓
|
|
|
JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
|
| drum
tsuzumi, KO
壴
支
豆
|
|
Left: drums 壴 (A twig 十 over bean 豆 which however is seen as the image of the drum.), right: twig 支 (twig 十, hand 又)- BETTER: top: two twigs 十十, below: two images of drums 豆,又
The twigs beat on the two drums.
|
|
|
|
枝
|
|
|
JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
|
| branch, twig, bough, sprig
eda, SHI
木
支
|
|
Left: tree 木, right: support/branch/twig 支 (A hand 又 is holding a twig 十)
A tree with a branch stands for: a branch.
|
|
|
|
肢
|
|
|
JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
|
| limbs (=arms and legs), extremities, part
|
Left: body part 月/肉, right: support/branch 支 (hand 又, holding a twig 十)
The body's "twigs" are the limbs.
|
|
|
|
伎
|
|
|
JLPT -Joyo 7 |
|
| performance, talent
|
Left: person 人, right: twig 支 - cf: skilled 技 (= A hand that balances a twig in the hand is skilled.)
A person that balances a twig in the hand has talent to do a performance.
|
|
|
| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
|
At this page you get the memory phrases for learning the Japanese Kanji. If you are learning the Chinese Hanzi, please follow this link. |
List of the characters |
List of the radicals
|
