# 支

| 支 | U+652F, &#25903; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-652F |
| ← 攮 [U+652E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 攰 → [U+6530] |
| ⽀ | U+2F40, &#12096; KANGXI RADICAL BRANCH |
| ← ⼿ [U+2F3F] | Kangxi Radicals | ⽁ → [U+2F41] |

## Translingual
### Han character

支 (Kangxi radical 65, 支+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 十水 (JE), four-corner 4040$_7$, composition ⿱十又)
* Kangxi radical #65, ⽀.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/支
* 䞚, 鬾, 㲍, 翅, 䧴, 頍(𫠆), 鳷(𫛛), 芰, 庋, 㽻, 䅩
* 伎, 吱, 妓, 岐, 忮, 技, 汥, 枝, 歧, 䃽, 肢, 秓, 衼, 翄, 蚑, 䚳(𬣛), 豉, 跂, 䡋, 䣫, 鈘, 鼓, 馶, 䰙
* 𨑤, 𠚽, 𨙸, 𨙾, 𢻈, 𥽤, 𥁈, 𩂏, 𡰸, 𣿯
* 𭍾, 𪦶, 𢎼, 𫹍, 𨸠, 𭮂, 𣲰, 𭸷, 𤯙, 𭻁, 𤽑, 𥄏, 𥑂, 𥸳, 𥾣, 𦧉, 𦨟, 𧣄, 𧹛, 𨈛, 𮡏, 𨱜, 𩉨, 𩚡, 𦷨, 𩨝, 𩵾

#### See also

* 鼓 (Appendix:Chinese radical/鼓)

#### Descendants

* 𛀦

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 467, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13061
* Dae Jaweon: page 814, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1327, character 14
* Unihan data for U+652F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 支 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 支 | *kje |
| 枝 | *kje |
| 肢 | *kje |
| 汥 | *kje, *ɡe, *ɡres |
| 衼 | *kje |
| 馶 | *kje, *qʰjes, *kes, *ɡe |
| 鳷 | *kje |
| 忮 | *kjes |
| 伎 | *kjes, *ɡe, *ɡreʔ |
| 豉 | *ɡjes |
| 翅 | *qʰjes |
| 翄 | *qʰjes, *ɡe |
| 妓 | *kre, *ɡreʔ |
| 庋 | *kreʔ, *kʷreʔ |
| 跂 | *kʰeʔ, *kʰes, *ɡe |
| 蚑 | *kʰes, *ɡe |
| 吱 | *kʰes |
| 岐 | *ɡe |
| 歧 | *ɡe |
| 鬾 | *ɡre, *ɡres |
| 技 | *ɡreʔ |
| 芰 | *ɡres |
| 攱 | *kʷreʔ, *kʷres |
| 庪 | *kʷreʔ |
| 頍 | *kʰʷeʔ |
| 屐 | *ɡreɡ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 又 (“hand”) + 十 (“(half of 竹) branch of bamboo”) – a hand breaking off a branch of bamboo.
Similar but unrelated to 攴, 丈, 尹 and 父.

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ka(ː)k (“fork, branch, crotch”). Cognate with the first syllable of Burmese ခက်ရင်း (hkak-rang:, “fork”), as well as the following words (STEDT):
* 枝 (OC *kje, “branch (of tree); to resist, go astray”)
* 肢 (OC *kje, “limb (of body)”)
* 翅 (OC *qʰjes, “wing”)
* 歧 (OC *ɡe, “bifurcating, forked (as of a road)”)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhī (zhi$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄓ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi$^1$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җы (žɨ, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): zi$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): zi$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kî / chṳ̂
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gi$^1$ / zi$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zi$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): cí
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ki / chi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gi$^1$ / zin$^1$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ji$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsy
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhr$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhī
*** Zhuyin: ㄓ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhih
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^1$
*** Yale: jr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zi$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: z
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җы (žɨ, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^1$
*** Yale: jī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî / chṳ̂
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi$^ˊ$ / zii$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gi$^1$ / zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴/, /t͡sɨ²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gi$^1$ / zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki⁴⁴/, /t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
* kî - vernacular;
* chṳ̂ - literary.
* Middle Chinese: tsye
Rime :
| Character | 支 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 章移切 |
| Baxter | tsye |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ciə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕie/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕǐe/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ke/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kje/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 支 | 支 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhī | zhī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsye › | ‹ tsye › |
| Old Chinese | /*ke/ | /*ke/ |
| English | support, hold up | branch (of tree), limb |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 支 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17200 |
| Phonetic component | 支 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 支 |
| Old Chinese | /*kje/ |

#### Definitions

支
* to support; to bear; to sustain
* to disburse; to pay; to defray
* to prop up; to put up
* to send away; to put off somebody
* branch; limb; offshoot; subdivision
    alt. forms: 枝
* a surname
* Classifier for long, thin objects. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
    alt. forms: 枝
** 2017, 黃奇斌 [Ng Ki-pin] (lyrics and music), “浪子回頭 [Back Here Again]”‎performed by 茄子蛋 [EggPlantEgg]:
       hun chi̍t ki chi̍t ki chi̍t ki leh tiám, chiú chi̍t poe chi̍t poe chi̍t poe leh ta [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* Classifier for songs or musical pieces.
       coeng$^3$ zi$^1$ go$^1$ lai$^4$ teng$^1$ haa$^5$ aa$^1$! [Jyutping]
       Sing a song for us!
* (Southern Min) Classifier for certain body parts.
    alt. forms: 枝
    一支喙 [Hokkien] ― chi̍t ki chhùi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― a mouth
* (now usually derogatory and offensive) Short for 支那 (Zhīnà, “China”).
    印支 ― Yìnzhī ― Indochina
    日滿支親善／日满支亲善 ― Rì Mǎn Zhī qīnshàn ― friendship among Japan, Manchuria and China
    支語警察／支语警察 ― zhīyǔ jǐngchá ― (Taiwan, Internet slang) people who like to correct or criticize the use of Mainland terms (literally, “Chink language police”)
* (～日) (telegraphy) the fourth day of a month

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 支 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 根兒, 顆, 支 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 根 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 顆, 根兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 根兒, 支 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 杆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 根 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 根, 支 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 根 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 支 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 支, 飛 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 支 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 根 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 支 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 根, 支 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 支, 筒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 條 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 支, 叢 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 支 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 支 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 根, 支 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 支 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 根 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 根 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 支, 桿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 支 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 支 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 支 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 支 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 桿 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 桿 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 支 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 支 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 支 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 支 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 支 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 支 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 支, 叢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 支, 叢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 支, 叢 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 支 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 支 |
| Note | 支 is also written as 枝 | 支 is also written as 枝 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 把 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 把 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 把 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 把 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 把 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 把 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 把 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 把 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 把 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 把 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 把 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 把 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 把 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 把 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 把 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 把 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 把 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 把 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 把 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 把 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 把 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 把 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 把, 張 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 把, 張 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 柄, 把 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 張 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 張, 把 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 張 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 把 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 張 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 張 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 支, 把 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 張 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 張 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 把 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 張 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 張 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 把 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 把 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 把 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 把 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 張 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 把 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 把 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 把 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 把 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 把 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 把 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 把 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 把 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 把 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 把 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 張 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 張 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 張 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 張 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 把 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 張 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 張 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 把 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 把 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Meixian) | 張, 把 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 把 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 把 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 把 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 把 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 把 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 叢, 支 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 叢, 支 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 支 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 支 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 支 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 支 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 支 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 支 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 把 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 支 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 支 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 支 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 支 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 把 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 把 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 張, 把 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 張 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 把 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 把 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 把 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 把 |
| Wu | Danyang | 把 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 把 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 把 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 把 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 把 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 把 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 把 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 把 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 把 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 把 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 把, 支 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 把 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 支 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 支 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 支 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 支 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 支 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 把 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 把 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 把 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 把 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 把 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 把 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 把 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 把 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 把 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 把 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 把 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 把 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 把 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 支 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 支 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 把 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 首, 支 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 首 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 首 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 首 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 支, 隻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 首, 隻, 支 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 隻, 支 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 條 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 條 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 條 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 支 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 支 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 條 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 隻 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 條 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 隻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 條 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 條 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 條 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 條 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 條 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 條 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 塊 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 條, 首 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 條 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 塊 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 條 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 條 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 條 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 首, 條 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 隻 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 隻 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 張 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 把 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 個, 把 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 張 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 支 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 支 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 支 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 個 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 支 |

#### Compounds

* 一木難支 / 一木难支 (yīmùnánzhī)
* 不支 (bùzhī)
* 不支倒地
* 不蔓不支
* 乾支剌 / 干支剌
* 乾支支 / 干支支
* 人頭支票 / 人头支票
* 令支 (Lìngzhī)
* 借支 (jièzhī)
* 入不支出
* 公共支出
* 冒支銀 / 冒支银
* 分支 (fēnzhī)
* 分支機關 / 分支机关
* 列支敦士登 (Lièzhīdūnshìdēng)
* 列支敦斯登 (Lièzhīdūnsīdēng)
* 利息支出
* 劃線支票 / 划线支票 (huàxiàn zhīpiào)
* 力竭難支 / 力竭难支
* 動支 / 动支
* 十二支 (shí'èrzhī)
* 千支萬派 / 千支万派
* 印度支那 (Yìndù-Zhīnà)
* 各支支
* 國際收支 / 国际收支
* 地支 (dìzhī)
* 墊支 / 垫支 (diànzhī)
* 大支坪 (Dàzhīpíng)
* 大月支 (dàyuèzhī)
* 天干地支
* 失支脫節 / 失支脱节
* 嫡支嫡派
* 寅支卯糧 / 寅支卯粮
* 密支那 (Mìzhīnà)
* 對支 / 对支
* 小支氣管 / 小支气管 (xiǎozhīqìguǎn)
* 屁支支
* 左右支絀 / 左右支绌
* 左支右吾
* 左支右絀 / 左支右绌 (zuǒzhīyòuchù)
* 干支 (gānzhī)
* 度支 (Dùzhī)
* 形單影支 / 形单影支
* 惡支殺 / 恶支杀
* 憋支支
* 技術支援 / 技术支援 (jìshù zhīyuán)
* 措支剌
* 支付 (zhīfù)
* 支付命令
* 支付憑單 / 支付凭单 (zhīfù píngdān)
* 支使 (zhīshǐ)
* 支出 (zhīchū)
* 支分
* 支前 (zhīqián)
* 支劃 / 支划
* 支助 (zhīzhù)
* 支取 (zhīqǔ)
* 支吾 (zhīwú)
* 支吾其詞 / 支吾其词 (zhīwuqící)
* 支單 / 支单
* 支嘴兒 / 支嘴儿
* 支婆
* 支子
* 支孽 (zhīniè)
* 支對 / 支对
* 支局 (zhījú)
* 支屬 / 支属
* 支差 (zhīchāi)
* 支店 (zhīdiàn)
* 支庶 (zhīshù)
* 支應 / 支应 (zhīyìng)
* 支手舞腳 / 支手舞脚
* 支持 (zhīchí)
* 支持者 (zhīchízhě)
* 支援 (zhīyuán)
* 支援部隊 / 支援部队 (zhīyuán bùduì)
* 支撐 / 支撑 (zhīchēng)
* 支撥 / 支拨 (zhībō)
* 支支吾吾 (zhīzhīwúwú)
* 支支喳喳
* 支書 / 支书 (zhīshū)
* 支會 / 支会
* 支架 (zhījià)
* 支柱 (zhīzhù)
* 支架子
* 支根 (zhīgēn)
* 支楞
* 支樁 / 支桩
* 支款 (zhīkuǎn)
* 支氣管 / 支气管 (zhīqìguǎn)
* 支氣管氣喘 / 支气管气喘 (zhīqìguǎn qìchuǎn)
* 支氣管炎 / 支气管炎 (zhīqìguǎnyán)
* 支派 (zhīpài)
* 支流 (zhīliú)
* 支渠 (zhīqú)
* 支爐兒 / 支炉儿
* 支理
* 支用 (zhīyòng)
* 支當 / 支当
* 支破
* 支票 (zhīpiào)
* 支票機 / 支票机
* 支票簿 (zhīpiàobù)
* 支移 (zhīyí)
* 支空頭 / 支空头
* 支節 / 支节 (zhījié)
* 支絀 / 支绌 (zhīchù)
* 支線 / 支线 (zhīxiàn)
* 支脈 / 支脉 (zhīmài)
* 支薪
* 支行 (zhīháng)
* 支襯 / 支衬
* 支解 (zhījiě)
* 支調 / 支调
* 支謙 / 支谦
* 支讖 / 支谶
* 支費 / 支费 (zhīfèi)
* 支路 (zhīlù)
* 支轉 / 支转
* 支遁
* 支遁買山 / 支遁买山
* 支遣
* 支邊 / 支边
* 支那 (Zhīnà)
* 支那語 / 支那语 (zhīnàyǔ)
* 支那通 (zhīnàtōng)
* 支郎
* 支部 (zhībù)
* 支配 (zhīpèi)
* 支開 / 支开
* 支隊 / 支队 (zhīduì)
* 支離 / 支离 (zhīlí)
* 支離破碎 / 支离破碎 (zhīlípòsuì)
* 支領 / 支领 (zhīlǐng)
* 支頤 / 支颐 (zhīyí)
* 支騰 / 支腾
* 支骸
* 支點 / 支点 (zhīdiǎn)
* 收支 (shōuzhī)
* 收支平衡
* 政府開支 / 政府开支 (zhèngfǔ kāizhī)
* 旁支 (pángzhī)
* 旅行支票 (lǚxíng zhīpiào)
* 月支 (yuèzhī)
* 本支
* 本支百世
* 東支西吾 / 东支西吾
* 條支 / 条支 (Tiáozhī)
* 槍支 / 枪支 (qiāngzhī)
* 樂不可支 / 乐不可支 (lèbùkězhī)
* 活支
* 活支剌
* 濫支 / 滥支
* 焉支山
* 燕支
* 燕支山
* 特支
* 獨力難支 / 独力难支
* 獨木難支 / 独木难支
* 破碎支離 / 破碎支离
* 移轉支付 / 移转支付
* 空頭支票 / 空头支票
* 精神支持 (jīngshén zhīchí)
* 統收統支 / 统收统支
* 經費支絀 / 经费支绌
* 胡支對 / 胡支对
* 胡支扯葉 / 胡支扯叶
* 菩提流支
* 補償支付 / 补偿支付
* 語支 / 语支 (yǔzhī)
* 貿易收支 / 贸易收支
* 超支 (chāozhī)
* 車支子 / 车支子 (chēzhīzi)
* 軋支票 / 轧支票
* 辟支佛
* 近支
* 透支 (tòuzhī)
* 遠期支票 / 远期支票
* 郅支
* 配水支管
* 鏡支兒 / 镜支儿
* 開支 / 开支 (kāizhī)
* 關支 / 关支
* 雞骨支床 / 鸡骨支床 (jīgǔzhīchuáng)
* 預支 / 预支 (yùzhī)
* 額支 / 额支

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: chi (支)
Others:
* → Vietnamese: chia

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 支 – see 丈 (“A unit of measurement.; to survey; to measure; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 丈).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01715
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00006-003
* “支”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* (えだ): branch off; little pieces separated; a branch; hands and legs
* (ささえる): support
* provide, payment
* (つかえる): be stuck
* the twelve earthly branches

#### Readings

* Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
* Kun: えだ (eda, 支)、ささえる (sasaeru, 支える, Jōyō)、つかえる (tsukaeru, 支える)
* Nanori: なか (naka)、もろ (moro)、ゆた (yuta)

#### Derived terms

* 支(し)払(はら)う (shiharau)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 支
* し Grade: 5
* on'yomi

### Affix

支(し) • (shi)
* (obsolete) China; Chinese
** 1923, 在米國華盛頓州シアトル市米國西北部聯絡日本人會, 米國西北部在留日本人發展略史 (Beikoku Seihoku-bu Zairyū Nihonjin Hatten Ryakushi) [A Brief History of the Development of the Resident Japanese in the Northwest of America]‎, page 4:
    日(につ)支(し)人々口分(じんじんこうぶん)布(ぷ)統計(とうけい)
       Nisshijin jinkō bunpu tōkei
       Statistics for the distribution of the Japanese and Chinese population
** 1945, Hirohito, Hirohito surrender broadcast:
    朕(ちん)ハ帝(てい)國(こく)政(せい)府(ふ)ヲシテ米(べい)英(えい)支(し)蘇(そ)四(し)國(こく)ニ對(たい)シ其(そ)ノ共(きょう)同(どう)宣(せん)言(げん)ヲ受(じゅ)諾(だく)スル旨(むね)通(つう)告(こく)セシメタリ
       Chin wa teikoku seifu o shite bei ei shi so shikoku ni taishi sono kyōdō sengen o judaku suru mune tsūkoku seshimetari
       We have ordered our government to communicate to the governments of the United States, Great Britain, China and the Soviet Union that our empire accepts the provisions of their joint declaration.

#### Synonyms

* 中(ちゅう) (chū)

### References

* ↑ “支”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

支 (eumhun 지탱할 지 (jitaenghal ji))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

支: Hán Nôm readings: chi
* chữ Hán form of chi (“branch; to spend”).

#### Compounds

* 倍支 (bội chi)
* 地支 (địa chi)
* 干支 (can chi)
* 支團 (chi đoàn)
* 支局 (chi cục)
* 支把 (chi trả)
* 支援 (chi viện)
* 支會 (chi hội)
* 支梗 (chi nhánh)
* 支用 (chi dùng)
* 支票 (chi phiếu)
* 支費 (chi phí)
* 支部 (chi bộ)
* 支配 (chi phối)
* 支銷 (chi tiêu)
* 支隊 (chi đội)
* 支離 (chi li)
* 收支 (thu chi)
* 暫支 (tạm chi)
* 預支 (dự chi)