Chinese Character 支 Meanings and components.

Form

支

Meaning

支 meaning[3] in English

Surname Zhi.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 支 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are ten (十) , and (once) again (又)

No radical has been identified in it.

How to write 支

To write支zhi1surname Zhi you should write a combination of 十shi2ten , 又you4(once) again

十 + 又 = 支

支 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 支 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 支, looks as follow:

支
Pinyin:zhi1
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhi
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 支in English or Chinese