| Uni: | 652F |
| Meaning: | branch |
| Pny: | zhī |
| Bopo: | ㄓ |
| Wade: | chih1 |
| Jyutping: | zi1 |
| Yale: | jī |
| Poj: | chi |
| Cn: | 支字旁 zhīzìpáng 支字底 zhīzìdǐ |
| Onyomi: | シ shi |
| Kunyomi: | ささ-える sasa-eru |
| Jp: | 支える/ささえる 支繞/しにょう shinyō 枝繞/えだにょう edanyō 十又/じゅうまた jūmata |
| Hang: | 지탱할 jitaenghal |
| Hanja: | 지 ji |
Radical 65 or radical branch meaning "branch" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 26 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
is also the 65th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
| Strokes | Characters | |
|---|---|---|
| +0 | ||
| +2 | ||
| +5 | ||
| +8 | ||
| +12 |
In the Japanese educational system the character is a Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a fifth grade kanji.