枝 zhī branch; measure word for sticks, rods, pencils
Made up of [木 mù wood; wooden radical 75, 支 zhī to support; to sustain; to erect; to prop up ]Made with 8 strokes.
The 'wood' radical suggests wooden things, zhi gives the phonetic
Related characters
Also uses 木 mù component: 板 bǎn (board) 杯 bēi (cup) ; 本 běn (root) ; 菜 cài (vegetable) ; 彩 cǎi (color) ; 茶 chá (tea) ; 柴 chái (firewood) ; 床 chuáng (bed) ; 杆 gān (pole) ; 果 guǒ (fruit) ; 机 jī (machine) ; 禁 jìn (to prohibit) ; 禁 jìn (to prohibit) ; 桔 jú (tangerine) ; 棵 kē (of plants) ; 来 lái (arrive) ; 李 lǐ (plum) ; 梨 lí (pear) ; 林 lín (forest) ; 楼 lóu (multi-story building) ; 棋 qí (board game) ; 秦 qín (Qin) ; 亲 qīn (parent) ; 柔 róu (soft) ; 杀 shā (to kill) ; 树 shù (tree) ; 术 shù (method) ; 宋 song (Song) ; 条 tiáo (strip) ; 未 wèi (not yet) ; 闲 xián (to stay idle) ; 相 xiāng (each other) ; 校 xiào (school) ; 椅 yǐ (chair) ; 植 zhí (to plant) ; 桌 zhuō (table)
Also uses 支 zhī component: 技 jì (skill)
Sounds same
只 zhī (one) ; 之 zhī (him) ; 知 zhī (to know) ; 支 zhī (to support)Different tone
直 zhí (straight) ; 值 zhí (value) ; 植 zhí (to plant) ; 纸 zhǐ (paper) ; 止 zhǐ (to stop) ; 夂 zhǐ (walk slowly) ; 志 zhì (aspiration) ; 至 zhì (to arrive) ; 治 zhì (to rule) ; 致 zhì (to send) ; 置 zhì (to install)Pronunciation
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Cities
攀枝花 Panzhihua, SichuanProverbs
粗枝大叶 cū zhī dà yè Lack of attention to detail节外生枝 jié wài shēng zhī New problems pop up unexpectedly