Radical 65 or radical branch (支部) meaning "branch" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.

← 64 Radical 65 (U+2F40) 66 →
(U+652F) "branch"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:zhī
Bopomofo:
Wade–Giles:chih1
Cantonese Yale:
Jyutping:zi1
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:chi
Japanese Kana:シ shi (on'yomi)
ささ-える sasa-eru (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:지 ji
Names
Chinese name(s):支字旁 zhīzìpáng
支字底 zhīzìdǐ
Japanese name(s):支える/ささえる
支繞/しにょう shinyō
枝繞/えだにょう edanyō
十又/じゅうまた jūmata
Hangul:지탱할 jitaenghal
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 26 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 65th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
+0
+2
+5
+8
+12

Character

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In the Japanese educational system the character is a Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a fifth grade kanji.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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