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Radicals › #65 支

支 — the “branch” radical

Radical #65 4 strokes

The branch radical. 1 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 支 radical (1)

branch, support
← 手 hand攴 rap →

Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.