支(zhī)

HSK 34 strokes

surname Zhi

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Character information

Pinyin
zhī
Meaning
surname Zhi
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 支 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱十又

A hand 又 holding a branch 十 for support

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

十shí又yòu

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 支 step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 支

Common words using 支 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhī支fù付
HSK 3

to pay (money)

Open 支付 page →
zhī支chí持
HSK 3

to be in favor of

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zhī支chū出
HSK 5

to spend; to pay out

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fēn分zhī支
HSK 7-9

branch (of company, river etc); to branch; to diverge; to ramify; to subdiv…

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bù不zhī支

to be unable to endure

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jiè借zhī支

to get an advance on one's pay

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yī一mù木nán难zhī支

lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)

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bǐ俾lù路zhī支

Balochi (ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan)

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专世丰丽义乡乱争

From 支’s common words

付持出分不借一木

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