朿

Translingual

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a tree 木 with thorns; compare 木.

Han character

朿 (radical 75 木+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 木月 (DB), four-corner 5090₂)

1. stab

Related characters

• 木

Derived characters

• 刺
• 責

References

• KangXi: page 510, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14441
• Dae Jaweon: page 894, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1153, character 3
• Unihan data for U+673F

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Japanese

Kanji

朿

Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: とげ (toge)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

朿 (pinyin cì (ci4), sà (sa4), shài (shai4), shè (she4), Wade-Giles tz'u⁴, sa⁴, shai⁴, she⁴)