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Kanji Detail for 刺 - "pierce, thorn, stab"

  • Meaning

    刺 means "pierce, thorn, stab."

    1. To pierce - To stab; to thrust with something pointed.

    2. To criticize - To reproach; to blame.

    3. Thorn - Needle; something thin and pointed.

    4. Name card - Something to make one's name known.

    5. To probe - To observe the situation.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    thorn; pierce; stab; prick; sting; calling card

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    stab; prick, irritate; prod

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (onom.) whoosh

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to stab; to prick, to irritate; to prod

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To stab directly. To kill. Such as an assassin is called 刺客. | To extract. Such as extracting a portion of a full text is called 刺取. | Piercing with a needle is called 刺. Such as 刺字 (tattooing). | Thorns. Such as 芒刺在背 (thorns in one's back). | Fine fish bones are called 刺. | Writing one's name on a card is called 刺. Today's name card is called 名刺. | To criticize. Such as 譏刺 (mock), 諷刺 (satirize). | To inspect. In Han there was 刺史, in charge of inspecting a province's governance. The old term for prefect was 刺史. Such as directly administered prefectures were called 直刺. | To stab. (Mencius) "Stabbing a person and killing him." | To pole. Such as poling a boat is called 刺船. | Needlework. Such as 刺鏽 (embroidery). Today's expressions like 盤刺. | To spy. Such as secretly gathering information is called 陰刺. | 刺刺: Talkative appearance. Such as 刺刺不休 (talking incessantly).
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