シ, さ.す, さ.さる, さ.し, さし, とげ
thorn, pierce, stab, prick, sting, calling card

This kanji has 8 strokes: 2 in the "sword" radical (かたな) and 6 other strokes.

Sample compounds (21) :


  1. calling card

  2. さし
    sharpened tube for testing rice in bags
  3. さる
    ささる
    to stick, to be stuck

  4. さしきず
    a stab, puncture wound
  5. しい
    とげとげしい
    sharp, harsh, stinging
  6. しい
    とげとげしい
    sharp, harsh, stinging

  7. めいし
    business card

  8. ししょう
    stabbing, stimulation

  9. とげをぬく
    to pull out a thorn

  10. しさつ
    (vs) putting out (baseball), stabbing to death

  11. さしつらぬく
    to pierce

  12. しげき
    (vs) stimulus, impetus, incentive, excitement, irritation, encouragement, motivation

  13. つきさす
    to stab, to pierce, to thrust
  14. 穿
    せんし
    puncture, stab

  15. しらく
    bloodletting

  16. さしあみ
    gill net

  17. ししゅう
    (vs) embroidery

  18. いらくさ
    nettle

  19. ふうし
    sarcasm, irony, satire, innuendo, lampoon

  20. いれずみ
    (vs) tattoo

  21. とげうお
    stickleback (fish)
Kanji Character : 刺
Kuten Encoding : 2741
SJIS Encoding : 3b49
Unicode Encoding : 523a
Old Nelson Index : 682
Radical Number : 18
Frequency Ranking : 959
Gakken Index : 954
Grade Level : 8
Halpern Index : 1275
Heisig Index : 417
Henshall Index : 1314
New Nelson Index : 480
O'Neil Index : 654
Stroke Count : 8
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2f6.2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 6
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : f
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 881
SKIP Code : 1-6-2
De Roo Code : 1543
Four Corner Code : 5290.0
Korean reading : cheog
Pinyin reading : ci4
Morohashi Index String : 1969
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 2.0259
Morohashi Index Number : 1969
Morohashi Page : 259
Morohashi Volume : 2
Dictionary Codes
  1. R1543
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