枝 zhī branch; measure word for sticks, rods, pencils

Made up of [木 mù wood; wooden radical 75, 支 zhī to support; to sustain; to erect; to prop up ]

Note

The 'wood' radical suggests wooden things, zhi gives the phonetic
Number of strokes: 8

Related characters

Also uses 木 mù component: 板 bǎn (board) 杯 bēi (cup) 本 běn (root) 菜 cài (vegetable) 彩 cǎi (color) 茶 chá (tea) 柴 chái (firewood) 床 chuáng (bed) 杆 gān (pole) 果 guǒ (fruit) 机 jī (machine) 禁 jìn (to prohibit) 禁 jìn (to prohibit) 桔 jú (tangerine) 棵 kē (of plants) 来 lái (arrive) 李 lǐ (plum) 梨 lí (pear) 林 lín (forest) 楼 lóu (multi-story building) 棋 qí (board game) 秦 qín (Qin) 亲 qīn (parent) 柔 róu (soft) 杀 shā (to kill) 树 shù (tree) 术 shù (method) 宋 song (Song) 条 tiáo (strip) 未 wèi (not yet) 闲 xián (to stay idle) 相 xiāng (each other) 校 xiào (school) 椅 yǐ (chair) 植 zhí (to plant) 桌 zhuō (table)
Also uses 支 zhī component: 技 jì (skill)

Sounds same

只 zhī (one) 之 zhī (him) 知 zhī (to know) 支 zhī (to support)

Different tone

直 zhí (straight) 值 zhí (value) 植 zhí (to plant) 纸 zhǐ (paper) 止 zhǐ (to stop) 夂 zhǐ (walk slowly) 志 zhì (aspiration) 至 zhì (to arrive) 治 zhì (to rule) 致 zhì (to send) 置 zhì (to install)

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Pronunciation

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Cities

攀枝花 Panzhihua, Sichuan

Proverbs

粗枝大叶 cū zhī dà yè Lack of attention to detail
节外生枝 jié wài shēng zhī New problems pop up unexpectedly

Also

荔枝 lì zhī Lychee

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