刺 (cì): meaning and stroke order
刺 (cì) means thorn, sting, thrust, to prick, to pierce, to stab, to assassinate, to murder.
刺
- Simplified
- 刺
- Traditional
- 刺 (same form)
- Pinyin
- cì · cī
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Stroke order of 刺
刺
- cī (onom.) whoosh
- cì thorn; sting
- 8 strokes
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Meaning of 刺
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cì
- thorn
- sting
- thrust
- to prick
- to pierce
- to stab
- to assassinate
- to murder
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cī
- (onom.) whoosh
Radical and structure
- 刺
- Radical 刀 (Kangxi radical 18) · 8 strokes · 朿 on the left, 刂 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 刺
- 讽刺 fěng cì to satirize; to mock
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).