Radical 65

支
64 ⼿ ◄	65	► ⽁ 66
Pinyin :	zhī (= branch)
Zhuyin :	ㄓ
Hiragana :	し ん よ う shin'yō
Kanji :	支 繞, 十 又 shin'yō, jūmata
Hangul :	지탱할
Sinocorean :	지 ji
Codepoint :	U + 652F
Stroke sequence :

Radical 65 , meaning " branch ", is one of 34 traditional radicals in Chinese writing , which consist of four strokes.

With 2 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it rarely occurs in the lexicon. Newer characters and dictionaries have abolished the radical 支.

There are other radical signs that look similar to this sign .

Today this radical actually only serves as a sound carrier in compound symbols such as 枝 (= branch), 吱 (= creak), 肢 (= limbs).

In seal script characters a branch above is to recognize that is held by one hand (又) below:

Character combinations ruled by radical 65

Ginkgo branch

Strokes	character
+ 00	支
+ 05	攱
+ 08	攲
+12	攳

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 65 is coded under the code point number 12.096 (U + 2F40).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 206 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 65  - Graphic representations of Radikal 65

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 65 on page 58