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ささえ U+652F, 支
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-652F

[U+652E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6530]
U+2F40, ⽀
KANGXI RADICAL BRANCH
⼿
[U+2F3F]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F41]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Han character

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ささえ (Kangxi radical 65, ささえ+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input じゅうみず (JE), four-corner 40407, composition じゅうまた)

  1. Kangxi radical #65, .

Derived characters

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See also

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Descendants

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 467, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13061
  • Dae Jaweon: page 814, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1327, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+652F

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character ささえ
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     

Ideogrammic compound (會意かいい会意かいい) : また (hand) + じゅう ((half of たけ) branch of bamboo) – a hand breaking off a branch of bamboo.

Similar but unrelated to and ちち.

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
ささえ
alternative forms 𣏃
𠦙
𢺶

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • kî - vernacular;
  • chṳ̂ - literary.
Note:
  • ki - vernacular;
  • chi - literary.
Note: gi1 - vernacular, zin1 - literary.

Rime
Character ささえ
Reading # 1/1
Initial (こえ) あきら (23)
Final (いん) ささえ (11)
Tone (調しらべ) Level (Ø)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open
Division (ひとし) III
Fanqie あきらうつりきり
Baxter tsye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕie/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character ささえ ささえ
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhī zhī
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsye › ‹ tsye ›
Old
Chinese
/*ke/ /*ke/
English support, hold up branch (of tree), limb

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character ささえ
Reading # 1/1
No. 17200
Phonetic
component
ささえ
Rime
group
ささえ
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
ささえ
Old
Chinese
/*kje/

Definitions

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ささえ

  1. to support; to bear; to sustain
  2. to disburse; to pay; to defray
  3. to prop up; to put up
  4. to send away; to put off somebody
  5. branch; limb; offshoot; subdivision
    alt. forms: えだ
  6. a surname
  7. Classifier for long, thin objects.all nouns using this classifier
    alt. forms: えだ
  8. Classifier for songs or musical pieces.
    ささえうたした [Cantonese, trad.]
    ささえうたした [Cantonese, simp.]
    coeng3 zi1 go1 lai4 teng1 haa5 aa1! [Jyutping]
    Sing a song for us!
  9. (Southern Min) Classifier for certain body parts.
    alt. forms: えだ
    いちささえ [Hokkien]  ―  chi̍t ki chhùi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  a mouth
  10. (now usually derogatory and offensive) Short for ささえ (Zhīnà, “China”).
    しるしささえ  ―  Yìnzhī  ―  Indochina
    滿みつるささえ親善しんぜんささえ亲善  ―  Rì Mǎn Zhī qīnshàn  ―  friendship among Japan, Manchuria and China
    ささえかたり警察けいさつささえ警察けいさつ  ―  zhīyǔ jǐngchá  ―  (Taiwan, Internet slang) people who like to correct or criticize the use of Mainland terms (literally, “Chink language police”)
  11. () (telegraphy) the fourth day of a month
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (ささえ):
  • Vietnamese: chi (ささえ)

Others:

  • Vietnamese: chia

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of ささえ – see たけ (“A unit of measurement.; to survey; to measure; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of たけ).

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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ささえ

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. (えだ): branch off; little pieces separated; a branch; hands and legs[1]
  2. (ささえる): support
  3. provide, payment
  4. (つかえる): be stuck
  5. the twelve earthly branches

Readings

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Derived terms

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
ささえ

Grade: 5
on'yomi

Affix

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ささえ() (shi

  1. (obsolete) China; Chinese

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ ささえ”, in 漢字かんじぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

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Hanja

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ささえ (eumhun 지탱할 (jitaenghal ji))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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ささえ: Hán Nôm readings: chi

  1. chữ Hán form of chi (branch; to spend).

Compounds

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