Kanji
N2 8 strokes Grade 5 freq #1401

bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

tree ki

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

toothpick
dendrite crystal; dendrite
Atlas broom (Argyrocytisus battandieri)
dental floss
toothbrush made from a piece of willow frayed at one end
training (branches in horticulture)
bifurcation; branch

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

branch; bough
twig; spray
branches and leaves; foliage
edamame (green soybeans)
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
large branch; bough
to work without sleep or rest
weeping form (e.g. tree)
lower branches of a tree
upper branches of a tree

Example sentences

He held on firmly to the branch.

The cat hid among the branches.

He tied the twigs into bundles.

Birds build nests of twigs.