to prick; to pierce; to stab

HSK 5 #1058

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 1058th character
Radical ⼑ (18.6)
Strokes 8
Index # 1039

Definitions

刺 cì
  1. 1. to prick
  2. 2. to pierce
  3. 3. to stab
  4. 4. thorn
  5. 5. sting
  6. 6. thrust
  7. 7. to assassinate
  8. 8. to murder
刺 cī
  1. 1. (onom.) whoosh

Stroke order

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Words containing 刺

Word Meaning
barb; barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)
spur; bony outgrowth
a difficult person to deal with; an awkward person
Chinese juniper
growth hormone
barb; whiskers
(immunology) costimulation; costimulatory
to stab; to attack with knife
lancing pain
manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM
to stab
a thorn; fig. to ridicule sb; fig. sth wrong
a thorn; fig. to ridicule sb; fig. sth wrong
gooseberry
gooseberry
stinging words; biting words
stinging words; biting words
a difficult person to deal with; an awkward person
to talk incessantly; to chatter on and on
provincial governor (old)
to tattoo
variant of cì jī, to irritate; stimulus
to pierce; to puncture
Indian coral tree; Erythrina variegata (botany)
false acacia; Robinia pseudoacacia