枝zhī
branch, twig. 8 strokes, radical 木, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin zhīStrokes 8Radical 木Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 枝
Strokes 1–4 write 木, then strokes 5–8 write 支.
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Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 枝 · the stroke-order rules
What 枝 is made of
木 (mù, tree) and 支 (zhī, to support).
木 carries the meaning — tree — and 支 carries the sound.
Words that use 枝
| 枝 | branch, twig 指树木分出的条 帐篷用几根树枝支撑起来。The tents were held up by a few tree branches. Lesson 688, 医生义诊 · 风云际会与鼎盛宏猷 · Historical Moments & Prosperous Enterprises |
Characters that share the sound part 支
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 木
All 67 of them, and what the radical means, on the 木 radical page.