Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
branch
Parts:
branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
159 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 支 【シ】 China
  • 支援 【シエン】 support, backing, aid, assistance
  • 気管支 【キカンシ】 bronchus, bronchial tube
  • 干支 【エト】 sexagenary cycle, 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days, 12-year Chinese zodiac

Kun reading compounds

  • 支える 【ささえる】 to support, to prop, to sustain, to underlay, to hold up, to defend, to hold at bay, to stem, to check
  • 閊える 【つかえる】 to stick, to get stuck, to get caught, to get jammed, to clog, to be unavailable, to be busy, to be occupied, to be full, to be piled up (e.g. of work), to halt (in one's speech), to stumble (over one's words), to stutter, to stammer, to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.), to feel pressure, to feel pain
  • 支う 【かう】 to support, to prop up

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • soporte
  • apoyo
  • rama
  • pago
  • interferencia
  • soportar
  • sostener

Portuguese

  • ramo
  • apoio
  • sustentar

French

  • soutien
  • support
  • branche
  • filiale
  • succursale
  • radical branche (no. 65)
621 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
717 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
691 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
302 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2039 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
115 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
583 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
63 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
318 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
318 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
368 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
932 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2473 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1251 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1717 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
718 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13061 Morohashi
1979 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2324 New Nelson (John Haig)
711 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
768 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
185 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
642 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1467 2001 Kanji
2k2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
4040.7 Four corner code
1-27-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
652f Unicode hex code

7 strokes (also 6)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
what?
Kun:
なになんぞいかん
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1621 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 那覇 【ナハ】 Naha (city in Okinawa)
  • 那覇港湾空港工事事務所 【ナハコウワンクウコウコウジジムショ】 Naha Harbour and Airport Construction Office
  • 刹那 【セツナ】 moment, instant, kshana, duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second), shortest possible interval of time
  • 印度支那 【インドシナ】 Indochina

Readings

Japanese names:
とも、 やす
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
na4, na1, na3
Korean:
na

Spanish

  • abundante
  • ¿qué?

Portuguese

French

1257 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4757 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
416 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2251 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
826 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1047 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
564 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
748 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
39306X Morohashi
843 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6129 New Nelson (John Haig)
2960 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1992 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2d4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
1-4-2 SKIP code
1752.7 Four corner code
1-38-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90a3 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
field
Parts:
livestock, domestic fowl and animals
On:
チク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1824 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 畜産 【チクサン】 animal husbandry, livestock industry
  • 畜生 【チクショウ】 damn it, damn, son of a bitch, for Christ's sake, beast, animal, person reborn into the animal realm, brute, bastard
  • 牧畜 【ボクチク】 stock-farming, livestock farming, cattle breeding
  • 人畜 【ジンチク】 men and animals

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chu4, xu4
Korean:
chug

Spanish

  • ganado
  • animal de granja

Portuguese

  • criação
  • aves domésticas

French

  • bétail
  • animaux domestiques
1577 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1729 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2920 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1740 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
743 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1223 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1287 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1274 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1339 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2599 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1329 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1801 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1396 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21814 Morohashi
2096 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3749 New Nelson (John Haig)
1384 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1485 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1365 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
476 2001 Kanji
2j8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
2-5-5 SKIP code
0060.3 Four corner code
1-35-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
755c Unicode hex code