Keyword
to support
- to sustain
- to withdraw
- to pay
- a branch (of a bank)
- Frequency
- #415
- Strokes
- 4
Readings
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Mnemonic
A hand 又 holding a branch 十 for support
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
支持
to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by
支付
to pay (money)
支
to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
支援
to provide assistance; to support; to back
支撑
to prop up; to support; strut; brace
支出
to spend; to pay out; expenses; expenditure
支持者
supporter
分支
branch (of company, river etc); to branch; to diverge; to ramify; to subdivide
支配
to control; to dominate; to allocate
开支
expenditures; expenses (CL:笔 (bǐ),项 (xiàng)); to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages
支付宝
Alipay, online payment platform
支柱
mainstay; pillar; prop; backbone
支部
branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party
支队
detachment (of troops)
支流
tributary (river)
支票
check (bank); cheque
枪支
a gun; guns in general
支持率
support level; popularity rating
收支
cash flow; financial balance; income and expenditure
支行
subbranch of a bank
支线
branch line; side road; spur; fig. secondary plot (in a story)
支那
phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory
支架
trestle; support; stand; frame; (medicine) stent; to prop up; to resist; to withstand (an enemy attack etc)
支离破碎
scattered and smashed (idiom)