枝 – bough, branch, twig

8 strokesTaught in grade 5#1401 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 枝 means bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is えだ (eda). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	えだ	eda

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 支・木・十・又.

Words using 枝

枝えだbranch

Example sentences

猫は枝の間に隠れた。

The cat hid among the branches.

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Kanji with the same radical

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