棘
Readings
Kana:
キョク、いばら、とげ
Romaji:
kyoku, ibara, toge
Meanings
thorn, splinter, spine, biting words, briers
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
12
Radical Number:
4
Frequency:
Grade:
Skip Pattern:
1-6-6
Korean Reading:
geug
Chinese Reading:
ji2
Unicode:
68d8
JIS:
5B79
Indexes
Nelson Index: 238
New Nelson Index: 2729
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a12.3
Four Corner Index: 5599.2
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14938
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0395
Remembering the kanji Index: 2938
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2945
Words
茨
(いばら、イバラ)
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
棘
(おどろ)
briars; thicket; the bush
荊棘線
(ばらせん)
barbed wire
棘蝶々魚
(とげちょうちょううお、トゲチョウチョウウオ)
threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga, species of the Indo-Pacific)
棘鼠
(とげねずみ、トゲネズミ)
Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
棘
(とげ)
thorn; spine; prickle; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
荊棘
(けいきょく、ばら)
wild rose; bramble; briar patch; thorn (used figuratively as an obstacle or source of difficulty)
棘皮動物
(きょくひどうぶつ)
echinoderm
棘突起
(きょくとっき)
spinous process
棘皮動物門
(きょくひどうぶつもん)
Echinodermata (phylum of marine invertebrates)