Kanji1 / 8
刺 kanji
thorn, pierce, stab, prick, sting, calling card
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
シ
Kun readings
さすささるさしさしとげ
Words with 刺
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3刺激Popularstimulus; stimulation; irritation (esp. of the body, e.g. skin, eyes); impetus; impulse; stimulus; spur; incentive; encouragement; stimulation; motivation; provocation; excitement; thrill
- N2名刺Popularbusiness card
- N1刺繍Popularembroidery
- —風刺Popularsatire; irony; sarcasm
- —刺calling card
- —刺客assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
- —刺殺stabbing to death; putting out
- —刺傷stab; puncture wound
- —刺衝stabbing; stimulation
- —刺絡bloodletting (in traditional Chinese medicine)
- —穿刺paracentesis; centesis; puncture; tap
- —刺毛stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
- —刺創stab wound; puncture wound
- —刺突stabbing; piercing
- —刺胞nematocyst; cnidocyte; cnida
- —刺青tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
- —刺座areole
- —刺史governor (of an ancient Chinese province)
- —刺激剤stimulant; excitant; irritant; motivator; stimulus; spur
- —刺激性irritativeness; irritation; stimulativeness; pungency