Radical 65 or radical branch () meaning "branch" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 26 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
is also the 65th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution A hand (又) holding a bamboo branch (half of 竹), similar to 攴, 殳, 父, and 皮. Component of 鼓.
Derived characters Strokes Characters +0 +2 +5 +8 +12
Sinogram In the Japanese educational system the character is a Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school. It is a fifth grade kanji.
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External links
Unihan Database - U+652F