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Keyword
branch
  • bough
  • twig
  • limb
  • counter for branches
Frequency
#1401
Strokes
8
Grade
5
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
770
Readings
えだ100%
Mnemonic
Every tree needs support to hold up its leaves, and the limbs reaching out sideways to carry them are each a branch.
Stroke order
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Used in vocabulary
枝えだ
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
Noun
枝し折おり
bookmark; guidebook
Noun
枝し
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
Counter
枝えだ豆まめ
edamame (green soybeans)
Noun
小こ枝えだ
twig; spray
Noun
枝し垂だれる
to droop; to hang down; to weep
Ichidan verb
枝えだ葉は
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue; digression
Noun
枝えだ分わかれ
ramification; branching off
Noun
枝えだ道みち
branch road; byroad; side street; digression
Noun
枯かれ枝えだ
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
Noun
大おお枝えだ
large branch; bough
Noun
上うわ枝えだ
upper branches of a tree
Noun
楊よう枝じ
toothpick; skewer (used to cut and hold sweets served at a tea ceremony); toothbrush (orig. made from a thin willow branch frayed at one end)
Noun
枝し垂だれ桜ざくら
weeping cherry (Prunus spachiana); shidare cherry
Noun
枝し垂だれ
weeping form (e.g. tree)
Noun
枝し隊たい
detached force; detachment
Noun
枝えだ肉にく
dressed carcass; meat on the bone
Noun
下した枝えだ
lower branches of a tree
Noun
枝えだ打うち
pruning; trimming; lopping
Noun
枝し族ぞく
tribe; branch family
Noun
金雀枝えにしだ
common broom (Cytisus scoparius); Scotch broom; English broom
Noun
高たか楊よう枝じ
leisurely, post-meal use of a toothpick
Noun
枝えだぶり
shape of a tree
Noun