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Chinese symbol for “branch”

分支
fēn zhī
branch (of company, river etc); to branch; to diverge; to ramify

The closest CC-CEDICT match for branch is 分支 (fēn zhī), defined as: branch (of company, river etc); to branch; to diverge; to ramify; to subdivide.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

分 fēn
to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes
支 zhī
to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)
radical 65 ⽀ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “branch”

WordPinyinMeaning
分会 (分會)fēn huìbranch
网点 (網點)wǎng diǎnbranch; service outlet (of a bank, retail store etc); (printing) halftone dot
树枝 (樹枝)shù zhībranch; twig
分部fēn bùbranch; subsection
分店fēn diànbranch (of a chain store); annex

Related words

Other words that share a character with 分支.

WordPinyinMeaning
部分bù fenpart; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
分析fēn xīto analyze; analysis
分别 (分別)fēn biéto part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart
分钟 (分鐘)fēn zhōngminute
十分shí fēnvery; completely
分享fēn xiǎngto share (esp. sth enjoyable, useful or beneficial)
支持zhī chíto be in favor of; to support
支付zhī fùto pay (money)

See also: Japanese symbol for “branch”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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