薊 — kanji meaning “thistle”
薊
thistle
- Meanings
- thistle
- On'yomi
- ケイ (kei)、キ (ki)、カイ (kai)、ケ (ke)
- Kun'yomi
- あざみ、さく、とげ
- Strokes
- 16
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- jì — Chinese character page
Words with 薊
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薊芥子 | あざみげし azamigeshi | Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana) |
| 野薊 | のあざみ noazami | Japanese thistle (Cirsium japonicum) |
| 吾妻山薊 | あずまやまあざみ azumayamaazami | Azumayama thistle; Cirsiummicrospicatum |
| 富士薊 | ふじあざみ fujiazami | Fuji thistle; Cirsium purpuratum |
| 薊馬 | あざみうま azamiuma | thrips (any insect of order Thysanoptera); thrip |
| 森薊 | もりあざみ moriazami | Cirsium dipsacolepis (perennial plant of the thistle family) |
| 牛蒡薊 | ごぼうあざみ gobouazami | Cirsium dipsacolepis (perennial plant of the thistle family) |
| マリア薊 | マリアあざみ mariaazami | milk thistle (Silybum marianum) |
| 狐薊 | きつねあざみ kitsuneazami | Hemisteptia lyrata |
| 朝鮮薊 | ちょうせんあざみ chousen'azami | globe artichoke (Cynara scolymus) |
| 鳥海薊 | ちょうかいあざみ choukaiazami | Cirsium chokaiense (species of thistle) |
| 姫薊 | ひめあざみ himeazami | himeazami (Cirsium buergeri) |
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