刺 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

刺 English definition

  • thorn
  • sting
  • thrust
  • to prick
  • to pierce
  • to stab
  • to assassinate
  • to murder

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : to wait on;
  • : nimble; to help;
  • : stab;
  • : next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time;
  • : ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth;
  • : Urtica thunbergiana;
  • : (literary) caterpillar;
  • : Give
  • : to confer; to bestow; to grant;

Words containing 刺, by HSK level