棘 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。原字の「⿱來又」は「來」+「又」。のち横に二つに増やして「⿰⿱來又⿱來又」となり、「㯤」、「棘」と訛変し現在の字形となる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

thorn, splinter, spine, biting words, briers

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョク
Kun (native)
  • いばら
  • とげ
Other languages
  • 拼音ji2
  • 한글geug
  • Hán-ViệtCức

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+68D8

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰朿朿

Words using this kanji

  • おどろbriars, thicket, the bush
  • 棘魚とげうおstickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)
  • 棘鼠とげねずみRyukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
  • 棘条きょくじょうspiny ray (of a fin)
  • 棘魚類きょくぎょるいacanthodians (extinct jawed fishes)
  • 棘突起きょくとっきspinous process
  • 棘下筋きょっかきんinfraspinatus muscle
  • 棘栗蟹トゲクリガニhelmet crab (Telmessus acutidens)
  • 棘脚蟹トゲアシガニflat rock crab (Percnon planissimum)
  • 棘皮動物きょくひどうぶつうみゆり、ひとで、しゃりんひとで、くもひとで、なまこ、うになどの総称。体は五方向に放射相称となっている。は「とげ」の意。echinoderm
  • 棘蝶々魚トゲチョウチョウウオthreadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)
  • 棘紅葉貝とげもみじがいsand sifting starfish (Astropecten polyacanthus), comb star
  • 棘尾大蜥蜴トゲオオオトカゲridge-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus), spiny-tailed monitor
  • 棘皮動物門きょくひどうぶつもんEchinodermata (phylum of marine invertebrates)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(27 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-6
Four Corner
5599.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a12.3
Heisig
2945
Nelson
238