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枝 kanji
bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
えだ
Words with 枝
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —爪楊枝Populartoothpick
- —枝counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
- —楊枝toothpick; skewer (used to cut and hold sweets served at a tea ceremony); toothbrush (orig. made from a thin willow branch frayed at one end)
- —剪枝pruning (trees, shrubs, etc.)
- —茘枝litchi (Nephelium litchi); lychee; lichee; litchi nut; bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd; Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod)
- —枝族tribe; branch family
- —連枝off-shoot; noble (family) sibling
- —羽枝barb; ramus; pinnule
- —芳枝fragrant branch of flowers
- —分枝bifurcation; branch; branching; branched chain; ramification; branched; rami-
- —整枝training (branches in horticulture)
- —截枝pruning tree branches to encourage new growth
- —枝条branch (of a tree)
- —樹枝branch (of a tree)
- —長枝long shoot
- —匐枝stolon; runner
- —樹枝状arborescent
- —枝折戸garden gate made of branches and twigs; wicket gate
- —高楊枝leisurely, post-meal use of a toothpick
- —蕃茘枝sweetsop (Annona squamosa)