• 支持しじ — support
• 支店してん — branch office
• 支配しはい — control; rule
• 支出ししゅつ — expenditure
• 支援しえん — assistance

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The original form showed a hand holding a branch, symbolizing support or propping something up. This meaning extended to assistance, structural roles, and divisions like offices or tributaries.

みんなで 彼かれを 支ささえました。
We all supported him together.

この支店してんは 大阪おおさかにあります。
This branch office is located in Osaka.