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The Radical: 支
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branch (of a tree) 支
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Used in these Kanji:
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技
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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skill, technique, craft
waza, GI Left: hand 扌, right: twig/branch 支 (= branch 十 and hand 又)
A hand that balances a twig on the hand is skilled.
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扌
支
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支
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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support, sustain, hold, branch(office)
sasaeru, SHI Top: branch 十, below: hand 又
A branch in the hand as support (of the branch office).
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支
十
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岐
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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fork of road, branch off, diverge
KI Left: mountain 山, right: branch/twig 支 (twig 十 in a hand 又)
In the mountains like a twig: The road's fork.
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山
支
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鼓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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drum
tsuzumi, KO Left: drums 壴 (A twig 十 over bean 豆 which however is seen as the image of the drum.), right: twig 支 (twig 十, hand 又)- BETTER: top: two twigs 十十, below: two images of drums 豆,又
The twigs beat on the two drums.
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壴
支
豆
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枝
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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branch, twig, bough, sprig
eda, SHI Left: tree 木, right: support/branch/twig 支 (A hand 又 is holding a twig 十)
A tree with a brance stands for: a branch.
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木
支
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肢
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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limbs (=arms and legs), extremities, part
SHI Left: body part 月/肉, right: support/branch 支 (hand 又, holding a twig 十)
The body's "twigs" are the limbs.
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肉
支
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伎
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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performance, talent
KI Left: person 人, right: twig 支 - cf: skilled 技 (= A hand that balances a twig in the hand is skilled.)
A person that balances a twig in the hand has talent to do a performance.
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亻
支
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