棘
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
- 棘おどろ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.
Similar-looking kanji
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-6-6- Four Corner
5599.2- Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a12.3- Heisig
- 2945
- Nelson
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