枝
シ, えだ, え, ぐさ
bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches
JLPT2 G5 S8 F1401
支# branch + 木 tree/wood → *branch*; *bough*; *twig*. 枝 was devised to replace 支 after the latter came to refer to "branch" in primarily abstract senses.
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