surname Zhi
to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a tree branch. James II of England (zh) has to repair the hull of the space station. His tool is a big cross (十) with one end cushioned with a boxing glove (又), which he is to use as a hammer. As he is floating in front of the space station (Ø1), the only tool to support him is a wooden branch (支) so that he won't float away.

支 character breakdown

ten / 10

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).
(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

= + : And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).

Characters with 支 as component

prostitute
artistry / talent / skill / (in ancient times) female entertainer
salted fermented beans
(onom.) chirp; squeak; creak
(onom.) creaking or groaning
(onom.) to squeak (of mice) / to chirp or peep (of small birds)
clogs
a cupboard or pantry to store
(literary) (bound form) jealous
totally exhausted (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 累[lei4]

Words with 支

branch (of company, river etc) / to branch / to diverge / to ramify / to subdivide
Balochi (ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan)
to get an advance on one's pay
the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom) / fig. one is helpless alone
to be unable to endure

Sentences with 支

支 currently does not appear in any sentence.