歧 Strokes Write it Listen 歧 qí to diverge, to fork; a branch; a side road HSK 7–9 8 strokes Radical 止 Sound + meaning 2 words Built from止meaningzhǐto stop, to halt; to detain; to desist支soundzhīto support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank) How it works止 hints at the meaning (stop), and 支 zhī hints at the sound.