茨 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

briar, thorn

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • いばらElem.
  • かや
  • くさぶき
Nanori (used in names)
  • あし
  • えばら
  • ばら
  • まつ
  • まん
Other languages
  • 拼音ci2
  • 한글ja
  • Hán-ViệtTỳ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8328

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹次

Words using this kanji

  • いばらthorny shrub, wild rose, briar, thorn
  • 茨垣いばらがきthorn hedge
  • 茨藻いばらもspiny water nymph (Najas marina), spiny naiad, holly-leaved naiad
  • 茨城いばらき茨城県の略。 茨城県にある地名。茨城町。北茨城市。Ibaraki (prefecture)
  • 茨城県いばらきけん関東地方北東部にあり、栃木県、埼玉県、千葉県、福島県に隣接する地方自治体。県庁所在地は水戸市。Ibaraki prefecture
  • 茨の冠いばらのかんむりa crown of thorns
  • 茨の道いばらのみちthorny path
  • 茨だらけいばらだらけthorny, miserable
  • 茨藻海老いばらもえびspiny lebbeid (Lebbeus groenlandicus)
  • 茨城大学いばらきだいがくIbaraki University
  • 茨城県警いばらきけんけいIbaraki Prefectural Police (abbr)
  • 茨城女子短大いばらきじょしたんだいIbaraki Women's Junior College
  • 茨城県立図書館いばらきけんりつとしょかんIbaraki Prefectural Library
  • 茨城県立医療大学いばらきけんりついりょうだいがくIbaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences
  • 茨城キリスト教大学いばらきキリストきょうだいがくIbaraki Christian University

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(18 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-6
Four Corner
4418.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k6.11
Heisig
511
Nelson
3930