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Mythic Mandarin

枝 (zhī): meaning and stroke order

枝 (zhī) means branch, classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc.

枝

Simplified
枝
Traditional
枝 (same form)
Pinyin
zhī

Stroke order of 枝

枝

  • zhī branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 枝

  1. zhī
    • branch
    • classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc

Radical and structure

枝
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 8 strokes · 木 on the left, 支 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 枝

枝 in our stories

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  • 他没有把钉子排成一条直线，而是顺着裂缝的走向，用十三颗银钉拼出了一枝梅花。

    tā méiyǒu bǎ dīngzi pái chéng yì tiáo zhíxiàn érshì shùnzhe lièfèng de zǒuxiàng yòng shísān kē yín dīng pīn chū le yì zhī méihuā

    He didn't set the rivets in a straight line; following the run of the cracks, he used thirteen silver rivets to form a sprig of plum blossom.

    From the story Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 枝

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).