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枝

bough
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingえだ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. boughRtK
  2. branch
    彼はしっかりと枝につかまった。He held on firmly to the branch.tatoeba
    彼はカシの木の枝を何本か切り取った。He cut some branches off the oak tree.tatoeba
  3. twig
    彼は小枝を束にした。He tied the twigs into bundles.tatoeba
    彼はナイフでその木の小枝を切り取った。He cut a twig from the tree with his knife.tatoeba
  1. limb
  2. sprig

Synonyms

ブランチ

Radicals and components

Radical木tree
Components
How it's built
枝
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · branch · ten (十) · needle (丨) · crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 770

Compound words

枝豆えだまめ
edamame (green soybeans)
小枝こえだ
twig; spray
大枝おおえだ
large branch; bough
枝葉えだは
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
爪楊枝つまようじ
toothpick
枯枝かれえだ
dead branch (or twig, etc.)
枝隊したい
detached force
枝道えだみち
branch road
楊枝ようじ
toothpick
剪枝せんし
pruning (trees, shrubs, etc.)
茘枝れいし
litchi (Nephelium litchi)
枯れ枝かれえだ
dead branch (or twig, etc.)
妻楊枝つまようじ
toothpick
枝尺蠖えだしゃくとり
geometer moth caterpillar
枝振りえだぶり
shape of branches
枝垂柳しだれやなぎ
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
枝切りえだきり
pruning
枝接ぎえだつぎ
cleft grafting
蕃茘枝ばんれいし
sweetsop (Annona squamosa)
蔓茘枝つるれいし
bitter melon (Momordica charantia)
茘枝貝れいしがい
Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod)
つま楊枝つまようじ
toothpick
刺蕃茘枝トゲバンレイシ
soursop (Annona muricata)
枝角羚羊えだつのれいよう
pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)

On Reading Examples

彼は木から一枝をきりとった。し
He cut off a branch from the tree.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼はおのでその枝を切り落とした。えだ
He chopped down the branch with an ax.tatoeba
猫は枝の間に隠れた。えだ
The cat hid among the branches.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼はその木から枯れ枝を切り取った。
He cut away the dead branches from the tree.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

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