支

Meaning

支 centers on the idea of holding something up or branching out from a central point: physically supporting or sustaining something, or a branch that diverges from a main line. The radical sense is the same character used as a component.

• 支援しえん
  N2

  support; backing; aid; assistance

• 支配しはい
  N3

  rule; domination; control

• 支持しじ
  N2

  support; backing; endorsement; approval

• 支払うしはらう
  N3

  to pay

• 支払いしはらい
  N3

  payment

• 支給しきゅう
  N2

  provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

• 支店してん
  N3

  branch office; branch store

• 支部しぶ

  branch; branch office; subdivision

• 支えるささえる
  N3

  to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up; to defend

• 支障ししょう

  obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty

• 支出ししゅつ
  N3

  expenditure; disbursement; expenses

• 支度したく
  N4

  preparation; arrangements

• 収支しゅうし
  N1

  income and expenditure

• 支局しきょく
  N1

  branch office

• 支配人しはいにん

  manager; executive

• 支社ししゃ
  N1

  branch office

• 支柱しちゅう

  prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum

• 差し支えさしつかえ
  N2

  hindrance; impediment

• 切支丹キリシタン

  Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian

• 気管支きかんし

  bronchus; bronchial tube

• 支所ししょ

  branch (office)

• 支流しりゅう

  tributary; branch

• 差し支えるさしつかえる
  N1

  to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

• 支店長してんちょう

  branch manager; manager of a branch office

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