枝 (zhī)
branch; classifier for long, thin objects (pens, flowers)
How 枝 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Traditional
- 枝
- Simplified
- 枝 (unchanged)
Common words using 枝
- 荔枝 lìzhī
- litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.)
- 金枝玉葉 jīnzhīyùyè
- golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
- 折枝 zhézhī
- massage
- 枝葉 zhīyè
- branch and leaf
- 樹枝 shùzhī
- branch; twig
- 花枝 huāzhī
- a flowering branch; fig. beautiful woman; octopus (on dining menu)
- 分枝 fēnzhī
- branch
- 剪枝 jiǎnzhī
- to prune (branches etc)
- 攀枝花 pānzhīhuā
- kapok (cotton flower); Panzhihua prefecture level city in south Sichuan, bordering Yunnan, famous for steel production and pollution
- 枝丫 zhīyā
- variant of 枝椏|枝桠[zhi1 ya1]
- 枝子 zhīzi
- twig; branch
- 枝條 zhītiáo
- stem
枝 in a sentence
請借我一枝筆，我想寫點東西。
Qǐng jiè wǒ yì zhī bǐ, wǒ xiǎng xiě diǎn dōngxi.
“Please lend me a pen, I want to write something.”
How common is 枝?
枝 is the 1,489th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.5% of all running text.
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