薊 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

menu_bookMeaning

thistle

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ケイ
• キ
• カイ
• ケ

Kun (native)

• あざみ
• さく
• とげ

Other languages

• 拼音ji4
• 한글gye
• Hán-ViệtKế

infoBasics

Strokes

16 strokes

Radical

艸(くさ)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+858A

grid_viewComponents

• 刂りっとう
• 艹くさかんむり
• 灬れっか
• 田た
• 魚うお

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹魝

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 薊あざみthistle (Cirsium spp.)
• 薊馬あざみうまthrips (any insect of order Thysanoptera), thrip
• 薊芥子あざみげしMexican prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-3-13

Four Corner

4432.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3k13.2

Nelson

4061