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See also: 刾, 剌, and 制

刺	U+523A, 刺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-523A

← 刹
[U+5239]

CJK Unified Ideographs Category:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000021050

刻 →
[U+523B]

Category:Han script characters#%20

刺	U+F9FF, 刺 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9FF

← 茶
[U+F9FE]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Category:CJK Compatibility Ideographs block#*0000063999

切 →
[U+FA00]

Category:Unspecified script characters#%20

Translingual

Han character

刺Category:Translingual lemmas#刀06刺 Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#刀06刺 Category:Translingual symbols#刀06刺 Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#刀06刺 Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#刀06刺 Category:Pages with entries#刺 Category:Pages with 5 entries#刺 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+6, 8 strokes, Cangjie input 木月中弓 (DBLN), four-corner 5290₀, composition ⿰朿刂)Category:Han script characters#刀06刺

Derived characters

䱨莿箣𪮁𧼕𠩪𤷫𪑟𦖝𧌐𭰩𮔗

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 139, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1969
Dae Jaweon: page 316, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 333, character 2
Unihan data for U+523A

Unihan data for U+F9FF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		刺
alternative forms		㓨／刾剌 pointed structure 𣐁𪑟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 刺
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (朿) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
債	ʔsreːɡs, ʔsreːɡ
積	ʔseɡs, ʔseɡ
刺	sʰeɡs, sʰeɡ
莿	sʰeːɡs, raːds
㓨	*sʰeɡs
朿	*sʰeɡs
漬	*zeɡs
耫	zraːd, zreːɡ
嘖	ʔsraːɡ, ʔsreːɡ, *zreːɡ
栜	*sreːɡ
梀	sreːɡ, sʰloːɡ, sloːɡ, l̥ʰoɡ
拺	sʰreːɡ, sreːɡ
捒	sreːɡ, sroɡs, *sroɡs
幘	*ʔsreːɡ
簀	*ʔsreːɡ
嫧	ʔsreːɡ, sʰreːɡ, *sʰeɡ
謮	*ʔsreːɡ
責	*ʔsreːɡ
皟	*sʰreːɡ
憡	*sʰreːɡ
策	*sʰreːɡ
筴	sʰreːɡ, kreːb, *keːb
拺	sʰreːɡ, sreːɡ
賾	*zreːɡ
鰿	zreːɡ, ʔseɡ
擌	*sreːɡ
蹟	*ʔseɡ
襀	*ʔseɡ
磧	*sʰeɡ
洓	*sʰeɡ
績	*ʔseːɡ
勣	*ʔseːɡ
樍	*ʔseːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰeɡs, *sʰeɡ)Category:Han phono-semantic compounds#刀06: phonetic 朿 (OC *sʰeɡs) + semantic 刂 (“knife”).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan Category:Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#刀06 Category:Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#刀06 *m-tshyar ~ *g-zyar (“thorn, nail, tack”) (provisional) (STEDT); cognate with Tibetan ཚེར་མ (tsher ma, “thorn, thorn bush”), གཟེར་བ (gzer ba, “to bore into”), and གཟེར (gzer, “nail”) (Schuessler, 2007).

刺 (OC *tsekh) "attack, satirize" (Zuozhuan) < "criticize" (Shijing) < lit. "cause to be stabbed" is exopassive/exoactive derivation of 刺 (OC *tsek) "pierce, stab" (ibid.); 朿 (OC tsʰie^C) "thorn" (SW) is Han period's general tone-C derivation of 刺 (OC *tsʰiek) (ibid.)

Category:Requests for attention concerning Chinese#刀06 Category:attention lacking explanation#刺

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cì (ci⁴Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#刺)

(Zhuyin): ㄘˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhṳ

(Hailu, HRS): ci^ˇ
Jin (Wiktionary): ci³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ci⁴ / co⁴ / cer⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhì / chhù

(Teochew, Peng'im): ci³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cì
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴
  - Yale: tsz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
  - Palladius: цы (cy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ci³
  - Yale: chi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: cii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ci^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ci³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri, Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ci⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chi̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi⁴²/
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri, Xianyou, Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: co⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cheo̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo⁴²/
- (Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cer⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤ⁴²/

Note:

ci4 - vernacular;
co4 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì
  - Tâi-lô: tshì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chix
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù
  - Tâi-lô: tshù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhux
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu²¹/

Note:

chhì - vernacular (Xiamen, Zhangzhou) (“pointed structure”);
chhù - literary (Xiamen, Zhangzhou).

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ci³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshy
  - MiniDict: tshy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰz̩³⁴/

Middle Chinese: tshjeH

Rime
Character	刺
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七賜切
Baxter	tshjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiə̆^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰie^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰǐe^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰie̯^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ek-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*sʰeɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	刺
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cì
Middle Chinese	‹ tshje^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ek-s/
English	sharp point, thorn
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	刺
Reading #	1/2
No.	1746
Phonetic component	朿
Rime group	賜
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	刺
Old Chinese	/*sʰeɡs/

Definitions

刺Category:Chinese lemmas#刀06 Category:Chinese hanzi#刀06 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#刀06 Category:Pages with entries#刺 Category:Pages with 5 entries#刺

a pointed structure which is able to pierce something (spike, spine, thorn, prickle, etc.)
(literary Category:Chinese literary terms#刀06, or in compounds) visiting card
名刺 ― míngcì ― name cardCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

投刺 ― tóucì ― to submit one's card (as to tender one's resignation, etc)Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
- 即門者持刺入，而主人又不即出見。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  即门者持刺入，而主人又不即出见。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. mid-16th century, Zong Chen ,《報劉一丈書》, translated in English by Lin Yutang, 1960.
  Jí mén zhě chí cì rù, ér zhǔrén yòu bù jí chū jiàn. [Pinyin]
  While the concierge goes in with his card, he [the guest] is not asked to go in and is kept waiting.
  Category:Classical Chinese terms with quotations

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (刺):

→ Japanese: 刺(し) (shi)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cì (ci⁴Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#刺)

(Zhuyin): ㄘˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ci³ / cik³ / cek³ / sik³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhiak / chhiuk

(Hailu, HRS): ciag / ciug
Eastern Min (BUC): chié
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ci⁴ / cia⁶ / cie⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiah / chhì / chhù

(Teochew, Peng'im): ciah⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cì
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴
  - Yale: tsz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
  - Palladius: цы (cy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ci³ / cik³ / cek³ / sik³
  - Yale: chi / chik / chek / sik
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ / tsik⁸ / tsek⁸ / sik⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi³ / qig³ / cég³ / xig³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³/, /t͡sʰɪk̚³/, /t͡sʰɛːk̚³/, /sɪk̚³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬu³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiak / chhiuk
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiag^ˋ / qiug^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiag⁵ / qiug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯ak̚²/, /t͡sʰi̯uk̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciag / ciug
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiak⁵/, /t͡sʰiuk⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chié
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiɛ²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri, Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ci⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chi̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi⁴²/
- (Putian, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cia⁶
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chiā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰia¹¹/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cia⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰia²¹/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cie⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰie¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah
  - Tâi-lô: tshiah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiaq
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiaʔ⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì
  - Tâi-lô: tshì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chix
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù
  - Tâi-lô: tshù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhux
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu²¹/

Note:

chhiah - vernacular (“to stab; to sew; to tattoo; to pick out; to expose; prickly; to remind someone during a fight”);
chhì - vernacular (Xiamen, Zhangzhou) (“to stab (Mainland); dazzling”);
chhù - literary (Xiamen, Zhangzhou).

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ciah⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaʔ²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshy
  - MiniDict: tshy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰz̩³⁴/

Middle Chinese: tshjek

Rime
Character	刺
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七迹切
Baxter	tshjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiajk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ek/

(Zhengzhang): /*sʰeɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	刺
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cì
Middle Chinese	‹ tshjek ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ek/
English	pierce, stab
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	刺
Reading #	2/2
No.	1780
Phonetic component	朿
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	皵
Old Chinese	/*sʰeɡ/

Definitions

刺Category:Chinese lemmas#刀06 Category:Chinese hanzi#刀06 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#刀06 Category:Pages with entries#刺 Category:Pages with 5 entries#刺

to stab; to prick
(literary Category:Chinese literary terms#刀06, or in compounds) to kill discreetly; to assassinate discreetly
被刺 ― bèi cì ― to be assassinatedCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

荊軻刺秦王／荆轲刺秦王 ― Jīng Kē cì qín wáng ― Jing Ke's [attempted] assassination of the King of QinCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
(literary Category:Chinese literary terms#刀06, or in compounds) to criticize with pointed words
- 群臣吏民，能面刺寡人之過者，受上賞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  群臣吏民，能面刺寡人之过者，受上赏。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE
  Qúnchén lìmín, néng miàncì guǎrén zhī guò zhě, shòu shàng shǎng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example) Category:Requests for translations of Classical Chinese usage examples
  Category:Classical Chinese terms with quotations
(literary Category:Chinese literary terms#刀06, or in compounds) to pry into; to investigate
(literary Category:Chinese literary terms#刀06, or in compounds) to stimulate
刺耳 ― cì'ěr ― ear-piercingCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
(literary Category:Chinese literary terms#刀06, or in compounds or Southern Min Category:Southern Min Chinese#刀06) to provoke; to irritate (through light, sound, heat, etc.)
(fencing Category:zh:Fencing#刀06) to thrust; to attack the opponent at an area parallel to the weapon's length
(fencing Category:zh:Fencing#刀06) thrust
假直刺 ― jiǎ zhí cì ― feint direct thrustCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
a surname, CiCategory:Chinese surnames#刀06
(Hokkien Category:Hokkien Chinese#刀06, by extension) to sew; to weave; to knit; to embroider
to tattoo
- 12th c., 朱彧, 萍洲可談:
  朱他日在鄉閭見群丐中有刺青眉者…… [MSC, trad.]
  朱他日在乡闾见群丐中有刺青眉者…… [MSC, simp.]
  zhū tārì zài xiānglǘ jiàn qún gài zhōng yǒu cì qīng méi zhě...... [Pinyin]
  Zhu later in his hometown saw among a group of beggars one with tattooed black eyebrows...
  Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
(Mainland China Category:Mainland China Chinese#刀06 Hokkien Category:Hokkien Chinese#刀06) dazzling; glaring
(Mainland China Category:Mainland China Chinese#刀06 Hokkien Category:Hokkien Chinese#刀06) to pick out; to pluck out
(Taiwanese Hokkien Category:Taiwanese Hokkien#刀06) to expose; to bring to light
(Taiwanese Hokkien Category:Taiwanese Hokkien#刀06) prickly and uncomfortable (as if being pricked by needles)
(Zhangzhou Hokkien Category:Zhangzhou Hokkien#刀06) to remind someone during a fight of the number of times one has given favors to that person

Synonyms

(to stab): 捅 (tǒng), (Hokkien) 𠡡
(to kill discreetly):

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刺殺 / 刺杀 (cìshā)
暗害 (ànhài)
暗殺 / 暗杀 (ànshā)
行刺 (xíngcì)

(to criticize with pointed words):

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作弄 (zuònòng)
僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
刺溪 (chié-*kă̤) (Eastern Min)
創弄 / 创弄 (Hokkien)
創景 / 创景 (Hokkien)
創治 / 创治 (chhòng-tī) (Hokkien)
剾損 / 𠛅损 (Hokkien)
剾洗 / 𠛅洗 (khau-sé) (Hokkien)
剾洗 / 𠛅洗 (Hokkien)
剾褻 / 𠛅亵 (Hokkien)
𠢕滾 / 𠢕滚 (Hokkien)
取樂 / 取乐 (qǔlè)
取笑 (qǔxiào)
呾笑話 / 呾笑话 (dan³ cio³ uê⁷) (Teochew)
呾耍笑 (Teochew)
嗤笑 (chīxiào)
嘲弄 (cháonòng)
嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
嘲訕 / 嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
嘲諷 / 嘲讽 (cháofěng)
嘲謔 / 嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
奚落 (xīluò)
尋開心 / 寻开心 (Wu)
巴銳 / 巴锐 (Hokkien)
怪笑 (guàixiào) (in a strange way)
恥笑 / 耻笑 (chǐxiào)
戲弄 / 戏弄 (xìnòng)
戲謔 / 戏谑 (xìxuè)
挖苦 (wākǔ)
捉弄 (zhuōnòng)
損 / 损 (sǔn) (colloquial)
撩 (Hakka)
撚化 (nan² faa³) (Cantonese)
撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
擺弄 / 摆弄
消遣 (xiāoqiǎn)
湊趣 / 凑趣 (còuqù)
𤊶人 (Hakka)
玩 (colloquial)
玩弄
笑 (xiào)
笑話 / 笑话 (xiàohuà)
耍 (shuǎ)
耍弄 (shuǎnòng)
耍忽 (sua² huah⁴) (Jin)
落八 (Xiamen Hokkien)
見笑 / 见笑 (jiànxiào)
訕笑 / 讪笑 (shànxiào)
詼謔 / 诙谑 (huīxuè)
說風涼話 / 说风凉话 (shuō fēngliánghuà)
調笑 / 调笑 (tiáoxiào)
諦 / 谛 (dai³) (Cantonese)
諷刺 / 讽刺 (fěngcì)
謔潲 / 谑潲 (Hokkien)
謔燒 / 谑烧 (Hokkien)
講笑 / 讲笑 (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
講耍笑 / 讲耍笑 (Hokkien)
譏刺 / 讥刺 (jīcì)
譏嘲 / 讥嘲 (jīcháo)
譏笑 / 讥笑 (jīxiào)
譏誚 / 讥诮 (jīqiào) (literary)
譏諷 / 讥讽 (jīfěng)
變弄 / 变弄 (Hokkien)
𧮙 (Wu)
起鬨 / 起哄 (qǐhòng)
輕體 / 轻体 (Hokkien)
逗 (dòu)
逗弄
鄙笑 (Hokkien)
酸笑 (Hokkien)
鈍 / 钝 (Wu)
開心 / 开心 (kāixīn)
開涮 / 开涮 (kāishuàn) (colloquial)
開玩笑 / 开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào)
非笑 (fēixiào) (literary)
鬧玩笑 / 闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)
齒冷 / 齿冷 (chǐlěng) (literary)

(to pry into):

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偵察 / 侦察 (zhēnchá)
刺探 (cìtàn)
打探 (dǎtàn)
探聽 / 探听 (tàntīng)
斥候 (chìhòu) (literary)
暗探 (àntàn)

(to knit):

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編結 / 编结 (biānjié)
編織 / 编织 (biānzhī)
編製 / 编制 (biānzhì)

(to expose):

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宣洩 / 宣泄 (xuānxiè)
戳破 (chuōpò)
戳穿 (chuōchuān)
抖 (dǒu)
抖落 (dǒuluò)
拓破 (Hokkien)
拆破 (Xiamen Hokkien)
捅
揭
揭發 / 揭发 (jiēfā)
揭穿 (jiēchuān)
揭露 (jiēlù)
㨴 (kin²) (Cantonese)
撞破 (zhuàngpò)
泄露 (xièlù)
洩漏 / 泄漏 (xièlòu)
洩露 / 泄露 (xièlù)
流露 (liúlù)
浮泛 (fúfàn)
漏 (lòu)
漏洩 / 漏泄 (lòuxiè)
破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
篤爆 / 笃爆 (duk¹ baau³) (Cantonese)
篤穿 / 笃穿 (duk¹ cyun¹) (Cantonese)
說破 / 说破 (shuōpò)
說穿 / 说穿 (shuōchuān)
講破 / 讲破 (Hokkien)
講穿 / 讲穿 (gan³ qyenn¹) (Xiang, Cantonese)
走 (zǒu)
走漏 (zǒulòu)
踢爆 (tek³ baau³) (Cantonese)
透露 (tòulù)
道破 (dàopò)
點破 / 点破 (diǎnpò)
點聊 / 点聊 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Category:Requests for attention concerning Chinese#刀06

only used in 刺促 (qìcù)

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 刺Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#刺 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#刺 – see 赤 (“red, crimson; brown; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 赤).

References

“刺”, in 漢語多功能字庫Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#刺 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#刺 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#刺 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典 Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#刺), A00347
(Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “刺”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 158.

Category:Elementary Mandarin#刀06

Japanese

Kanji

刺

(Jōyō kanji)

Category:Japanese kanji#刀06 Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#刀06 Category:Japanese jōyō kanji#刀06

Readings

Kun: とげ (toge, 刺)Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#刺、いら (ira, 刺)Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#刺Category:Japanese kanji with kun reading とげ#刀06 Category:Japanese kanji with kun reading いら#刀06

From Middle Chinese Category:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese#とけ' 刺 (MC tshjeH, “spike, thorn; calling card”):

From Middle Chinese Category:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese#とけ' 刺 (MC tshjek, “prick, stab; criticize with pointed words”):

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
刺
とげ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 刺 read as とげ#とけ'Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#とけ'Category:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#とけ'

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Japanese entries#とけ'

Alternative forms

棘

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とげ [tògéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ɡe̞]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#とけ'

Category:Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)#とけ'Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#とけ'

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
刺
さ(し) Grade: S
kun'yomi

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 刺 read as さ#さし Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#さし Category:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#さし

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 刺す (sasu, “to pierce; to prick, sting”).

Alternative forms

刺し
(paper string for coins): 緡

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さし [sàshíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sa̠ɕi]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#とけ'

Category:Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)#とけ'Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#とけ'

Noun

short for 米刺 (komesashi)Category:Japanese short forms#とけ': a small tool used to extract a sample of rice from a bag in order to test its quality
(historical Category:Japanese terms with historical senses#さし Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#さし) in the Edo period, a paper string used to store ぜに (zeni, “round coins with a square hole in the center”)
short for 刺身 (sashimi)Category:Japanese short forms#とけ': sliced pieces of fish or other meat

Derived terms

刺(さし)身(み) (sashimi)
肉(にく)刺(さし) (nikusashi)
絽(ろ)刺(ざし) (rozashi)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
刺
いら Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
棘蕁

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 刺 read as いら#いら Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#いら Category:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#いら

Ultimately from Proto-Japonic Category:Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic#いら Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#いら Category:Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic#いら *era.

Alternative forms

苛, 莿

Noun

a thorn, prickle
the spine (needle -like structure) of a fish's dorsal fin
short for 刺草 (irakusa)Category:Japanese short forms#いら Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#いら: nettle
short for 刺虫 (iramushi)Category:Japanese short forms#とけ': the larva of the 刺蛾 (iraga, “Monema flavescensCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Monema%20flavescens”), a species of moth
the horn-like projections of 金平糖 (konpeitō, “sugar candy of varying colors and flavors”)
synonym of 水母 (kurage): a jellyfish

Derived terms

刺(イラ)草(クサ) (irakusa), 蕁麻(イラクサ) (irakusa)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
刺
し Grade: S
on'yomi

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 刺 read as し#し Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#し Category:Japanese terms read with on'yomi#し

/si/ → /ɕi/

From Middle Chinese Category:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese#し Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#し刺 (MC tshjeH).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) し [shíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕi]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#とけ'

Category:Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)#とけ'Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#とけ'

Affix

Derived terms

References

1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#刺 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#刺 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“^△刺”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese Category:Korean terms derived from Middle Chinese#刺刺 (MC tshjeH).

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean ᄌᆞ (co)^訓 (Yale: co) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.Category:Middle Korean hanja#刺

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠(ː)]Category:Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable#刺
Phonetic hangul: [자(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

刺

刺 (eumhun 찌를 자 (jjireul ja))Category:Korean lemmas#자 Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#자 Category:Korean hanja#자 Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#자 Category:Pages with entries#刺 Category:Pages with 5 entries#刺

hanja form^? of 자 (“spike; thorn”)Category:Korean hanja forms#刺
hanja form^? of 자 (“to stab; to prick”)Category:Korean hanja forms#刺

Compounds

자객 (刺客, jagaek, “assassin”)
자극 (刺戟, jageuk, “stimulation”)
자상 (刺傷, jasang)
자수 (刺修, jasu)
자수 (刺繡, jasu)
풍자 (諷刺, pungja)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese Category:Korean terms derived from Middle Chinese#刺刺 (MC tshjek).

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean 쳑 (chyek)^訓 (Yale: chyek) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회Category:Korean links with redundant wikilinks#刺), 1527.Category:Middle Korean hanja#刺
Recorded as Middle Korean 쳑 (chyek)^訓 (Yale: chyek) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.Category:Middle Korean hanja#刺

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹k̚]
Phonetic hangul: [척]

Hanja

刺 (eumhun 찌를 척 (jjireul cheok))Category:Korean lemmas#척 Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#척 Category:Korean hanja#척 Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#척 Category:Pages with entries#刺 Category:Pages with 5 entries#刺

hanja form^? of 척 (“to stab; to prick”)Category:Korean hanja forms#刺

Compounds

척살 (刺殺, cheoksal, “stab to death”)

Etymology 3

Hanja

刺 (eumhun 나무랄 체 (namural che))Category:Korean lemmas#체 Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#체 Category:Korean hanja#체 Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#체 Category:Pages with entries#刺 Category:Pages with 5 entries#刺

(literary Chinese) hanja form^? of 체 (“scold”)Category:Korean hanja forms#刺

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

刺: Hán Việt readings: thích, thứCategory:Vietnamese Chữ Hán#刀06 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters
刺: Nôm readings: chíchCategory:Vietnamese Nom#刀06 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters

chữ Nôm form of chích (“to prick”)Category:Vietnamese Nom

[DJR-1] 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#刺 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#刺 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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[2]

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