Read Edit View history 支 zhīZhī HSK3 support, hold up Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a hand (又) lifting a piece of bamboo (个). Pinyin Separate values with commas zhī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a piece of bamboo. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 支 Simp strokes 支 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 支 Simp strokes 支 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 支 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 299, 591 ], [ 338, 584 ], [ 380, 587 ], [ 473, 600 ], [ 647, 641 ], [ 708, 642 ] ], [ [ 457, 836 ], [ 504, 793 ], [ 490, 461 ], [ 472, 431 ] ], [ [ 299, 386 ], [ 354, 383 ], [ 417, 392 ], [ 555, 429 ], [ 587, 427 ], [ 610, 414 ], [ 587, 338 ], [ 531, 228 ], [ 490, 173 ], [ 441, 128 ], [ 384, 91 ], [ 325, 63 ], [ 256, 39 ], [ 159, 25 ] ], [ [ 316, 320 ], [ 348, 311 ], [ 381, 291 ], [ 585, 110 ], [ 711, 28 ], [ 737, 18 ], [ 783, 13 ], [ 954, 9 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 521 587 Q 582 600 647 611 Q 705 624 714 631 Q 724 638 719 648 Q 712 660 682 668 Q 651 675 620 664 Q 574 649 525 636 L 471 622 Q 395 609 307 601 Q 270 597 296 578 Q 332 557 410 568 Q 438 574 471 578 L 521 587 Z", "M 510 437 Q 516 513 521 587 L 525 636 Q 525 736 548 800 Q 552 812 531 827 Q 494 846 469 852 Q 453 855 444 846 Q 437 839 444 823 Q 468 789 468 766 Q 471 697 471 622 L 471 578 Q 470 505 466 423 C 465 393 508 407 510 437 Z", "M 534 183 Q 583 250 628 347 Q 644 380 667 399 Q 689 417 675 433 Q 662 448 626 462 Q 599 472 567 458 Q 542 448 510 437 L 466 423 Q 405 408 312 398 Q 296 397 290 388 Q 286 379 307 371 Q 350 355 409 373 Q 524 409 546 407 Q 568 406 564 382 Q 537 286 490 219 L 466 189 Q 367 81 158 33 Q 142 29 154 19 Q 163 13 223 16 Q 301 22 388 66 Q 455 97 506 150 L 534 183 Z", "M 506 150 Q 683 -27 735 -31 Q 819 -31 922 -8 Q 964 -1 960 11 Q 959 17 916 26 Q 733 66 711 76 Q 630 106 534 183 L 490 219 Q 450 253 410 291 Q 368 331 332 328 Q 313 328 310 322 Q 309 315 326 305 Q 377 278 466 189 L 506 150 Z" ] } 4 strokes 支 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 293, 591 ], [ 399, 589 ], [ 715, 646 ] ], [ [ 447, 841 ], [ 507, 791 ], [ 479, 420 ] ], [ [ 296, 386 ], [ 578, 434 ], [ 625, 404 ], [ 522, 216 ], [ 450, 136 ], [ 302, 55 ], [ 157, 25 ] ], [ [ 316, 322 ], [ 383, 290 ], [ 703, 32 ], [ 952, 7 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M521,587C561,595 603,603 647,611C685,619 707,627 714,631C720,636 722,642 719,648C714,657 702,664 682,668C661,674 640,671 620,664C589,654 557,645 525,636C489,627 489,627 471,622C440,614 365,607 307,601C282,599 277,589 296,578C336,556 389,564 471,578C504,584 504,584 521,587Z", "M510,437C514,488 517,538 521,587C524,620 524,620 525,636C530,703 532,758 548,800C550,808 545,819 531,827C507,842 485,849 469,852C458,855 450,852 444,846C439,842 437,833 444,823C458,800 466,782 468,766C470,735 471,646 471,622C471,593 471,593 471,578C471,530 468,478 466,423C466,408 510,422 510,437Z", "M534,183C567,228 597,283 628,347C638,370 651,387 667,399C681,411 684,423 675,433C666,443 650,453 626,462C608,469 588,467 567,458C550,451 531,444 510,437C481,428 481,428 466,423C426,411 374,405 312,398C301,397 293,395 290,388C286,383 293,377 307,371C335,361 369,361 409,373C485,397 531,408 546,407C560,406 568,398 564,382C547,318 521,264 490,219C482,209 474,199 466,189C400,117 297,66 158,33C147,31 145,26 154,19C159,15 183,14 223,16C275,20 329,38 388,66C432,88 472,115 506,150C515,161 525,172 534,183Z", "M506,150C625,34 700,-30 735,-31C791,-32 853,-22 922,-8C949,-2 962,3 960,11C958,15 944,20 916,26C794,53 726,71 711,76C657,97 597,131 534,183C505,207 505,207 490,219C462,242 436,266 410,291C382,318 356,330 332,328C319,328 311,327 310,322C308,318 314,312 326,305C359,287 405,248 466,189C493,163 493,163 506,150Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.