支

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: ささえる

画数かくすう: 4

部首ぶしゅ:

Meaning

Support / Branch / Sustain

  • Basic forms
  • 支える — to support; hold up / base form
  • 支えます — support; hold up / masu form
  • 支えた — supported; held up / ta-form
  • 支えて — support and … / te-form
  • 支えない — do not support / negative
  • 支えれば — if (you) support / conditional
  • Common uses
  • 家族を支える — support one’s family
  • 体を支える — support the body
  • 社会を支える — support society

支える(ささえる) is an ichidan verb. It is used for both physical support and emotional or social support.

  • 支持しじ — support
  • 支店してん — branch office
  • 支配しはい — control; rule
  • 支出ししゅつ — expenditure
  • 支援しえん — assistance

The original form showed a hand holding a branch, symbolizing support or propping something up. This meaning extended to assistance, structural roles, and divisions like offices or tributaries.

みんなで かれささえました。
We all supported him together.

この支店してん大阪おおさかにあります。
This branch office is located in Osaka.

証
Creates
支持しじ — support
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