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Readings

Kana: キョク、いばら、とげ
Romaji: kyoku, ibara, toge
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

thorn, splinter, spine, biting words, briers

Stroke Diagram

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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

(いばら、イバラ)
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
(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)
(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)
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