棘 — kanji meaning “thorn”
棘
thorn, splinter, spine, biting words, briers
- Meanings
- thorn, splinter, spine, biting words, briers
- On'yomi
- キョク (kyoku)
- Kun'yomi
- いばら、とげ
- Strokes
- 12
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- jí — Chinese character page
Words with 棘
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荊棘 | けいきょく keikyoku | wild rose; bramble |
| 棘皮動物 | きょくひどうぶつ kyokuhidoubutsu | echinoderm |
| 荊棘線 | ばらせん barasen | barbed wire |
| 骨棘 | こつきょく kotsukyoku | bone spur; osteophyte |
| 棘魚 | とげうお togeuo | stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.) |
| 棘鼠 | とげねずみ togenezumi | Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis) |
| 棘条 | きょくじょう kyokujou | spiny ray (of a fin) |
| 棘魚類 | きょくぎょるい kyokugyorui | acanthodians (extinct jawed fishes) |
| 棘蝶々魚 | とげちょうちょううお togechouchouuo | threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga) |
| 棘突起 | きょくとっき kyokutokki | spinous process |
| 沖縄棘鼠 | おきなわとげねずみ okinawatogenezumi | Muennink's spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki); Okinawa spinous country-rat |
| 棘紅葉貝 | とげもみじがい togemomijigai | sand sifting starfish (Astropecten polyacanthus); comb star |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.