Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

1401 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches

Kunyomi: えだ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: きへん

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

葉末節(しようまっせつ)   inessentials

垂れ桜(しだれざくら)   weeping cherry

(ようじ)   toothpick

(えだ)   branch, bow, twig

葉(えだは)   leaves and branches, foliage

(こえだ)   twig, spray

Onyomi Examples

counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)

シヨウ branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression

セイシ training (branches in horticulture)

レイシ litchi (Nephelium litchi), lychee, lichee, litchi nut, bitter melon (Momordica charantia), bitter gourd, Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod)

Kunyomi Examples

えだ branch, bough, limb, twig, sprig, spray

しよう branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression

わかえだ young branch, shoot, sprig, scion

ほそえだ twig, wand