Chinese Etymology

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Chinese Etymology

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Character:

Character (單一漢字)
English Senses For (英文): zhi4
[rare pronunciation]

English Senses For (英文): qi2
[rare pronunciation]

English Senses For (英文): zhi1
to pay / to disburse / to defray / to support / to sustain / to bear / to prop up / to put up / to prick up / to raise / to send away / to put somebody off / a branch / a subdivision / an offshoot / a term for indicating amount or number / ( textile ) count / as in 地 支, the Terrestrial Branches used in calculation with the Celestial Stems ( 天 干 )

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 652F
GB2312-80 := D6A7


Simplification (簡化方法):
no simplification
traditional = simplified

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 652F
Big5 := A4E4


(聲字部分):
支 zhi1 zhi4 qi2 (productive phonetic)

(有意部分):
支 remnant


Etymology (文字來源):
Remnant Primitive, Hand 又 holding branch

Mandarin (普通話): Chinese

Cantonese (廣東話): Analyze

Taiwanese (臺灣話): Analyze

Shanghaiese (上海話): Analyze

Japanese (日本話): Analyze

Korean (韩国話): Analyze Listen

History of Chinese Writing

中國文字的歷史

Spoken Chinese and Other Languages

Unicode Tests

Chinese Equivalent Websites

Chinese Encoding and Conversion

Enable XP for maximum Chinese

ShuoWen: (說文解字):
去竹之枝也從手持半竹凡支之屬皆從支


Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字)

S02206 S02207

LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) Characters

L30041 L00953 L00954 L00955 L00956 L00957 L00958


Bronze (金文编) Characters - none known


Oracle (甲骨文) Characters - none known

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