刺

See also 刾, and 剌

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 刾

Han character

刺 (radical 18 刀+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木月中弓 (DBLN), four-corner 5290₀, composition ⿰朿刂)

1. stab
2. prick, irritate
3. prod

References

• KangXi: page 139, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1969
• Dae Jaweon: page 316, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 333, character 2
• Unihan data for U+523A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

刺 (jyutping ci3, Yale chi3)

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Japanese

Kanji

刺 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: し (shi), せき (seki)
• Kun: さす (sasu), そしる (soshiru), とげ (toge)

Compounds

• 刺身 (さしみ， sashimi)
• 刺青 (いれずみ, irezumi)
• 名刺 (めいし, meishi)

Noun

刺 (hiragana とげ, romaji toge)

1. thorn
2. biting words

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Korean

Hanja

刺 (hangeul 자, 척, revised ja, cheok, McCune-Reischauer cha, ch'ŏk)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

刺 (pinyin cì (ci4), qì (qi4), Wade-Giles tz'u⁴, ch'i⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

刺 (thứ, thích, chích)