枝 — kanji meaning “bough”
枝
bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches
- Meanings
- bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches
- On'yomi
- シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- えだ
- Name readings
- え、ぐさ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1401 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- zhī, qí — Chinese character page
Words with 枝
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 枝豆 | えだまめ edamame | edamame (green soybeans) |
| 小枝 | こえだ koeda | twig; spray |
| 枝葉 | えだは edaha | branches and leaves; foliage |
| 爪楊枝 | つまようじ tsumayouji | toothpick |
| 大枝 | おおえだ ooeda | large branch; bough |
| 枯れ枝 | かれえだ kareeda | dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch |
| 枝分かれ | えだわかれ edawakare | ramification |
| 上枝 | うわえだ uwaeda | upper branches of a tree |
| 楊枝 | ようじ youji | toothpick |
| 枝垂れ | しだれ shidare | weeping form (e.g. tree) |
| 枝肉 | えだにく edaniku | dressed carcass; meat on the bone |
| 下枝 | したえだ shitaeda | lower branches of a tree |
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