Kanji
N2 8 strokes Grade 8 freq #1031

thorn, pierce, stab, prick, sting

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

sword katana

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

stimulus; stimulation
business card
satire; irony
stabbing to death
embroidery

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to pierce; to stab
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick
to stick (into); to pierce
to stab; to stick
to stab to death
gill net
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
thorn; spine

Example sentences

He writes a daily journal, and that inspired me to try doing the same thing, but in English.

People tend to require strong stimuli.

He presented his card.

Here's my card.