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枝 = 木 + 支

枝 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bough”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 支 (branch). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 770.

Keyword
bough
RTK frame
770
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
えだ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
бухта
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
枝 branches

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 支 branch

How to find 枝 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “branch”. 枝 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 枝 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.