棘
thorn; splinter; spine; biting words; briers
Radical: 木 (tree). Strokes: 12画. Elements: ｜巾ハ木亠冂. . Hangul: 극 [geug].
Example compounds:
| キョク | 棘皮動物【きょくひどうぶつkyokuhidōbutsu】echinoderm 荊棘【けいきょくkeikyoku】wild rose; briar patch; thorn (used figuratively as an obstacle or source of difficulty) 骨棘【こつきょくkotsukyoku】bone spur; osteophyte |
| いばら | 棘【いばらibara】thorny shrub; wild rose; thorn; (architectural) cusp |
| とげ | 棘【とげtoge】thorn; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); biting words 棘魚【とげうおtogeuo】stickleback (any fish of family Gasterosteidae) 棘蝶々魚【とげちょうちょううおtogechōchoūo】threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga, species of the Indo-Pacific) |
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Dictionary indices:
| 68d8 | – | Unicode |
| 59-89 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 1-6-6 | – | SKIP |
| 0a12.3 | – | TKD |
| 5599.2 | – | Four Corner |
| 238 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 2729 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 2938 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 14938 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 6 p. 395 |