支

支 — branch, support, sustain

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 4
Taught in: School year 5
Frequency: #159 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: し shi
Kun'yomi: ささ.える sasa.eru

つか.える tsuka.eru

か.う ka.u

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 支

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