支
支 in English
- to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Clerical script 東漢 - See all 9 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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为了参加划船比赛，一支新的队伍组成了。
A new team was formed in order to take part in the boat race.
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你支持还是反对堕胎？
Are you for or against abortions?
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你有多少支铅笔？
How many pens do you have?
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刘备和诸葛亮是一支无法战胜的队伍。
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are an unbeatable team.
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城市由一支大军守卫。
The town was defended by a large army.
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如果你需要铅笔，我借你一支。
If you want a pencil, I'll lend you one.
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我不知道别人如何，但就我而论，我支持。
I don't know about the others, but as for me, I'm for it.