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刺

JLPT N2 8 strokes Frequency: #1031

Meanings

Thorn, Pierce, Stab, Prick, Sting, Calling Card

Radicals

刂

Decomposition

⿰朿刂

Etymology

Pictophonetic: knife

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 hook bottom-to-top

4 vertical right-to-left

5 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

6 dot bottom-to-top

7 vertical right-to-left

8 hook right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シ shi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

とげ toge

さし sashi

さ sa

Words Using This Kanji

99 words total

Other (20 words)

刺し網さしあみ

gill net

刺衝ししょう

stabbing

calling card

刺し傷さしきず

stab wound

刺殺しさつ

stabbing to death

刺絡しらく

bloodletting (in traditional Chinese medicine)

刺し貫くさしつらぬく

to pierce

to pierce

刺草いらくさ

Urtica thunbergiana (species of stinging nettle)

刺さるささる

to stick into (of something with a sharp point)

刺し通すさしとおす

to stab

刺傷ししょう

stab

刺し殺すさしころす

to stab to death

刺客しかく

assassin

突き刺すつきさす

to stab

突き刺さるつきささる

to stick (into)

blister

風刺ふうし

satire

名刺めいし

business card

grain thief

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