支

common

シ/SHI/    ささ.える/sasa.eru/    つか.える/tsuka.eru/    か.う/ka.u/SHI/シ/    sasa.eru/ささ.える/    tsuka.eru/つか.える/    ka.u/か.う/

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

Radical: 支 (branch).   Strokes: 4画.   Elements: 十又.   Pinyin: zhī.   Hangul: 지 [ji].

Jōyō Kanji 5th Grade.   JLPT N3.

Example compounds:
シSHI支払い済み【しはらいずみshiharaizumi】settled; paid
支那【しなshina】China
支署【ししょshisho】substation
ささえるsasaeru支える【ささえるsasaeru】to support; to hold at bay
一家を支える【いっかをささえるikkawosasaeru】to support one's family
つかえるtsukaeru差し支える【さしつかえるsashitsukaeru】to interfere; to hinder; to become impeded
支える【つかえるtsukaeru】to stick; to be unavailable; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech); to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.)
手を支える【てをつかえるtewotsukaeru】to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
かうkau支う【かうkau】to support or prop up
Codepoints and classification codes:
652f–Unicode
27-57–JIS X 0208
2-2-2–SKIP
2k2.1–TKD
4040.7–Four Corner
1467–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
2039–Classic Nelson
2324–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
1979–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1251–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
711–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
302–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
63–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
115–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
13061–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 5 p. 455
691–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
318–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
621–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
583–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
717–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
642–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
185–The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley
368–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
2.4–Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT
932–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
718–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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