しにょうalso: えだにょうしにょうMeanings1nounkanji 'branch' radical as enclosureusually written using kana aloneRefers to the kanji radical 支 when it forms a left-and-bottom enclosure, as in 翅 or 起. A technical term used in kanji studies.「翅し」の部ぶ首しゅはしにょうです。The radical of 翅 is しにょう.