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之 지 go, grammatical particle

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character story:

之 지 looks similar to a person running along a path.

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Vocab:

While there are many idioms that make use of 之 지, there are no words. 之 serves an important grammatical purpose within classical Chinese, in which Korean was also historically written, so it is frequently seen there.

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character story:

The 木 목 tree gives 支 지 support to the branch.

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Vocab:

枝葉 지엽 (lit) sticks and leaves (trivial things)

stick x leave

*can add 하다 to make a verb form

**can add 이다 to make an adjective form

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character story:

Through 十 십 many 又 우 hands (this character shows the active, working right hand), we can support our friends or manage a company.

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Vocab:

支社 지사 branch company

support x company

支店 지점 branch store ; office

support x store

支援 지원* support

support x help

支持 지지* support

support x sustain

支撑 지탱하다 prop up ; maintain

support x prop up

依支 의지하다 lean on

depend on x support

支障 지장 hindrance ; difficulty

support x obstruct

支拂 지불* payment

support x pay

支給 지급* supply

support x give

支出 지출* expenditure

support x exit

收支 수지맞다 be profitable

collect x support x to be correct (K)

支配 지배* governing ; domination

manager x distribute

支配人 지배인 manager

manager x distribute x person

*can add 하다 to make a verb form

**can add 이다 to make an adjective form