Kanji N2

枝: bough, branch, twig

枝 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning bough, branch, twig, written with 8 strokes. It is read シ (on) and えだ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 枝 (えだ, branch) and 小枝 (こえだ, twig).

枝

Meanings

  • bough
  • branch
  • twig
  • limb
  • counter for branches
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#1401 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • えだ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 枝

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 枝えだ

    branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

    JLPT N4
  • 小枝こえだ

    twig; spray

  • 枝葉えだは

    branches and leaves; foliage

  • 爪楊枝つまようじ

    toothpick

  • 枝豆えだまめ

    edamame (green soybeans)

  • 大枝おおえだ

    large branch; bough

  • 枯れ枝かれえだ

    dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.