支
支 — ji
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 지탱할 지
- Romanization
- ji
- English
- disperse, pay; support; branch
- Mandarin
- zhī
- Japanese on'yomi
- シ, キ, ギ, チョウ, ジョウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- ささ.える つか.える か.う
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 5
- Newspaper frequency
- #159 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 支 (65, 0 residual)
- Unicode
- U+652F
Parts that make up 支
How 支 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 支 as a compound involving 又, 竹.
Korean example words with 支
- 지당支黨 Korean gloss: 갈라진 당파
- 지족支族 Korean gloss: 갈라져 나온 혈족
- 지가支家 Korean gloss: 종가에서 분가하여 나간 집
- 지공支供 Korean gloss: 음식 따위를 대접하여 받듦
- 수지收支 Korean gloss: 수입과 지출을 아울러 이르는 말
- 지불支拂 Korean gloss: 돈을 내어 줌. 또는 값을 치름
- 지손支孫 Korean gloss: 종파에서 갈라져 나간 파의 자손
- 지행支行 Korean gloss: 본점에서 갈라져 나온 지점 은행
- 지목支木 Korean gloss: 물건을 받치는 지주(支柱)로 쓰는 나무
- 지대支隊 Korean gloss: 본 부대에서 갈라져 나와 있는 소규모 부대
- 지장支障 Korean gloss: 일하는 데 거치적거리거나 방해가 되는 장애
- 지류支流 Korean gloss: 강의 원줄기로 흘러들거나 원줄기에서 갈려 나온 물줄기
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 支
- 支援しえん support; backing; aid
- 支持しじ support; backing; endorsement
- 支局しきょく branch office
- 支店してん branch office; branch store
- 支配しはい rule; domination; control
- 収支しゅうし income and expenditure
- 支払いしはらい payment
- 支部しぶ branch; branch office; subdivision
- 支出ししゅつ expenditure; disbursement; expenses
- 支給しきゅう provision; supply; payment
- 支店長してんちょう branch manager; manager of a branch office
- 支障ししょう obstacle; hindrance; impediment
Characters sharing the phonetic 支
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “지”
Other hanja with radical 支
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences