枝

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: えだ

画数かくすう: 8 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 木(きへん)

Meaning

Branch / Twig / Offshoot

  • 枝豆えだまめ — green soybeans
  • 枝分えだわかれ — ramification / fork
  • 枝切えだきり — pruning
  • 細枝ほそえだ — twig / thin branch
  • 枝道えだみち — side street / byroad

The character combines 木 (tree) with 支 (branching / support). It denotes a physical branch and, by extension, figurative branches like divisions, routes, or offshoots.

えだとりまっている。
A bird is perched on a branch.

枝豆えだまめなつ人気にんきものです。
Edamame is a popular summer food.

豆
Creates
枝豆えだまめ — green soybeans
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