The stroke order of branches: horizontal, vertical, left, dot, horizontal, vertical, horizontal left/horizontal hook, and nip.
1. Basic explanation:
(1) Branch [zhī]
1. Stems growing beside the trunk. Branches, dead branches, twigs.
2. Fragmentary and unimportant. Branch words, trivial matters.
3. Quantifier. Units for calculating long and thin objects. One flower and three brushes.
Group of words: branch, branch, branch and leaf, Qiuzhi, branch solution, branch, lychee, fruit branch, branch Wu, side branch. Homophones: ?zhi, zhi, 呮, zhi, 倁, 搘, 痗, 巵, 馶, woven. The same radicals: Qi, Mo, Qiu, Li, Xiang, Cypress, Zi, Quercus, Shu, and Cha. ?
(2) Branch [qí]
1. Noun: extra toes. Same as "跂." Word combination: "parallel thumb branch finger". "Ji Yun, Ping Sheng, Zhi Yun": "Zhi, "Shuowen": "There are many fingers on the foot." Or as a branch."
2. Quantifiers
(1) It is usually a thin stem that grows from the trunk or branches of a tree or a young stem or part that grows from a plant bud. There are two or three branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo. ——Su Shi's "Hui Chong" of the Song Dynasty. Another example: an apple blossom.
(2) Small tender stems or parts grown from plant buds. Such as: a sprig of laurel; a sprig of parsley.
(3) Used to refer to rod-shaped things. Such as: a rifle; a pen; a candle.