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枝 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
シし · shi
Kun
えだeda
Meaning
branch; bough

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

木 "tree" plus 支 "to branch off"; what divides out from the trunk — hence "branch."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシしshi枝葉えだは
Kunえだeda枝えだ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 枝葉しよう

    branches and leaves; minor details

  • 小枝こえだ

    twig

More words with this kanji

  • 枝梧しご
  • 枝えだ
  • 樒の枝しきみのえだ
  • 茘枝れいし

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

鳥(とり)が木(き)の枝(えだ)にとまった。

A bird perched on the branch of the tree.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

小枝枝葉枝小small葉leaf条clause査to inv…格status桜cherry…検to exa…士samura…支to sup…史histor…示to sho…志will
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading シAll maps

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