When the formation data identifies 支 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
支
Radical 65 of 214 · 4 strokes
Branch
zhī
Unicode uses 支 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is disperse, pay; support; branch. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
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支zhīto support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)Details+
pictographic formation
Formation: Pictograph of a hand (又) lifting a piece of bamboo (个).
- 个Pictographic component[measure word]
- 又Pictographic component(hand); again
- Category radical
- 支 branch
- Visual structure
- 十 + 又
HSK words with 支10 words in this course
Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.