Taxonomy of meanings for 枝:　　

  • 枝 zhī (OC: kje MC: tɕiɛ) 章移切 平 廣韻：【枝柯又漢複姓左傳楚大夫枝如子弓 】
    • BRANCH
      • n.redpluralall the branches
      • nbranch of a tree; branches and twigs
      • nfigurativeoffshoot; secondary element
      • nadNfigurativeoffshoot, distantly related; subsidiary
      • vigrow branches
      • nfigurativecollateral branch of the ruling clan; a member thereofLZ
      • nadNderivedlike a branch in a tree> branchingCH
      • vt+prep+Nfigurativebranch out on, develop tangentially to what is essentialCH
      • vtoNfigurative.causativegrow as a separate limb or branchCH
      • branch out> GROW
        • military action> FEND OFF
            • intransitive: fight back> REFUSE
              • viactresist; fight back
        • =肢 LIMB
          • n=肢　limb； 四肢 "the four limbs (excluding head)"
          • vt+prep+Nderivedgrow an extra limb onCH
          • nlimb (loan for 肢)
        • =支 SUPPORT
          • =歧

            Additional information about 枝

            說文解字: 【枝】，木別生條也。 〔小徐本無「也」。〕 从木、支聲。 【章移切】

              Criteria
            • BRANCH

              1. The standard word for any kind of branch, large or small, is zhī 枝 (ant. gàn 幹 "trunk"), a word etymologically related to zhī 肢 "limb".

              2. Méi 枚 and kē 柯 refer to non-main branches on a tree.

              3. Tiáo 條 refers to a small twig.

              Word relations
            • Object: (BRANCH)折/BREAK OFF The most general word for breaking anything off is zhé 折and the word refers to the action of breaking something off as such; the action of breaking is not necessarily attributed to a person or animal: the wind may zhé 折 something off.
            • Epithet: (BRANCH)綠/GREEN
            • Epithet: (BRANCH)木/TREE The current word for a tree is mù 木. In Shang times times this word was a count noun for trees, later it also referred to felled trees and in particular to timber as a material. Thus in Warring States times the special feature of this word is that it is a mass noun as well as a count noun.
            • Assoc: (LIMB)體/LIMB Tǐ 體 refers (often collectively) to the limbs of the body, and it must be noted that the head counts as one tǐ 體 in the xíng 形 "body", but there is also a closely related usage where the word refers quite generally to the parts of the body as in bǎi tǐ 百體.
            • Oppos: (BRANCH)本/TRUNK Běn 本 refers to the lower main bearing part of the trunk, and the word often includes the root.