Kanji

刺

Meaning

thorn pierce stab

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • さす また sasumata
  • さす が dagger
  • ささる
  • さし み sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
  • さし あみ gill net
  • さし こ quilting
  • とげ とげ しい sharp (words)
  • とげ うお stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)
  • とげ ねずみ Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)

On'yomi

  • し げき stimulus
  • めい し business card
  • ふう し satire

Practice Writing


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