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The kanji 刺: meaning, readings and stroke order
刺
- Meaning
- stab, sting
- On reading
- シ shi
- Kun reading
- さ（す） sasu、さ（さる） sasaru
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刀 knife, sword
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đâm, chích (thích)
- Japanese
- さす。とがった もので つく。
- Korean
- 찌르다 (자·척)
- Chinese
- 刺、扎
Readings, words and example sentences
シ shi · on reading · less common
名刺
business card
父が 名刺を 出しました。
My dad handed over his business card.
さ（す） sasu · kun reading
刺す
to prick, to stab
はりで 指を 刺しました。
I pricked my finger with a needle.
さ（さる） sasaru · kun reading · less common
刺さる
to get stuck in, to pierce
足に とげが 刺さりました。
I got a thorn stuck in my foot.
Practise writing 刺 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 刺 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.