zhī to support; to sustain; to erect; to prop up

Made up of [ shí ten; 10 radical 24, yòu also; in addition; and radical 29]
Used as component in : zhī ;
This measure word can be used with these nouns: (pen)
Made with 4 strokes.
The 'hand' underneath something gives idea of support

Related characters


Also uses shí component: bàn (half) (virtue) ; dùn (shield) ; (ancient) ; huá (splendid) ; mài (sell) ; nán (south) ; (hops) ; shén (what) ; (noon) ; zài (to carry) ; zǎo (early) ; zhí (straight)
Also uses yòu component: bào (to announce) (to pass) ; duì (right) ; (to send out) ; fǎn (contrary) ; (clothes) ; hàn (chinese) ; huān (merry) ; (and) ; (fowl) ; jiān (difficult) ; nán (difficult) ; (to take) ; shèng (holy) ; shòu (to receive) ; shù (tree) ; shuāng (pair) ; yǒu (friend) ; (pool)

Sounds same

zhī (one) ; zhī (him) ; zhī (to know) ; zhī (branch)

Different tone

zhí (straight) ; zhí (value) ; zhí (to plant) ; zhǐ (paper) ; zhǐ (to stop) ; zhǐ (walk slowly) ; zhì (aspiration) ; zhì (to arrive) ; zhì (to rule) ; zhì (to send) ; zhì (to install)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 支
Stroke order for character 支, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license

Proverbs

独木难支 dú mù nán zhī It often requires more than one person to resolve problems