支 Home·Characters·支 Character · Qualities 支 shi branch Composition 1234 十ten又again, hand Origin A hand (又) holding a bamboo branch (十): a branch broken off, hence to support, to branch. Related characters 枝branch不not, negation乏lack, scarcity也to be, also事matter, affair他other以by means of位rank, position何what, which健sturdy, healthy元origin, beginning