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

the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
to advance funds
variant of 大月氏[Da4 Yue4 zhi1]
see 寅吃卯糧|寅吃卯粮[yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2]
to be in straitened circumstances

Sentences with 支

支 currently does not appear in any sentence.