U+652F "支" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
支
U+652F "支" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) that primarily means "branch," "support," or "to pay," depending on context. It is composed of the radical 十 (ten) over 又 (hand), which together suggest a hand holding a branch or a rod, reflecting its ancient pictographic origin. In modern usage, it appears in common words like 支持 (zhīchí, to support) and 支付 (zhīfù, payment), and it is also a surname in Chinese culture. This character is encoded in the Unicode standard under the CJK Unified Ideographs block, representing its shared use across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+652F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 支 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 支 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x94 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x652F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000652F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u652f |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A4E4 |
| kCCCII | 21423C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4545 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4545 |
| kCangjie | JE |
| kCantonese | zi1 |
| kCihaiT | 598.403 |
| kCowles | 207 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0814.130 |
| kDefinition | disperse, pay; support; branch |
| kEACC | 21423C |
| kFanqie | 章移 |
| kFenn | 539D |
| kFennIndex | 66.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4040.7 |
| kGB0 | 5407 |
| kGB1 | 5407 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0864a |
| kHangul | 지:0E |
| kHanYu | 21327.140 |
| kHanyuPinlu | zhī(641) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21327.140:zhī,zhì,qí |
| kHDZRadBreak | ⽀[U+2F40]:21327.140 |
| kHKGlyph | 1700 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0814.130 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21327.140 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0467.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5627 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A4E4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3B59 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EAD8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7228 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4545 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5776 |
| kJapanese | シ キ ギ チョウ ジョウ ささえる えだ わかれる つかえる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:89 |
| kJapaneseKun | SASAERU EDA TSUKAERU |
| kJapaneseOn | SHI |
| kJis0 | 2757 |
| kKangXi | 0467.010 |
| kKorean | CI |
| kLau | 1418 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2388 |
| kMandarin | zhī |
| kMatthews | 937 |
| kMeyerWempe | 228 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ012940 MJ012940:E0101 MJ012941:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 13061 13061:E0101 |
| kNelson | 2039 |
| kPhonetic | 130 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2215+65.4.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 65.0 |
| kSBGY | 040.36 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 274.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhī粵zi1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2388 |
| kTang | jiɛ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 474.100:zhī |
| kTotalStrokes | 4 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | chi |
| kXerox | 245:320 |
| kXHC1983 | 1479.020:zhī |