棘 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
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- On
- キョク
- Kun
- いばら・とげ
- Meaning
- a thorn
Origin
Two 朿 "thorn" side by side: a thorn, and words that prick like one.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 棘とげ
a thorn
- 荊棘けいきょく
brambles; hardship
Example
言葉に棘があった。
There was a thorn in those words.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)