U+652F "支" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

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.