刺 (ci3 | ci4) : stab; irritate; thorn

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刺

ci3

ci4

[1] stab; pierce; prick [2] irritate; stimulate
[3] assassinate [4] spy on; scout; detect
[5] ridicule; mock [6] thorn; splinter; spine

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 刀 (#18)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

刺

Don't confuse with:
剌

This word has been viewed 7980 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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行刺 hang4 ci3 xing2 ci4 = to assassinate; to commit a murder

刺痛 ci3 tung3 ci4 tong4 = sting; prick

刺激 ci3 gik1 ci4 ji1 = stimulate; provoke

諷刺 fung3 ci3 feng3 ci4 = irony; sarcasm; satire

倒刺 dou3 ci3 = agnail, hangnail

粉刺 fan2 ci3 fen3 ci4 = acne

刺桐 ci3 tung4 = coral tree

刺身 ci3 san1 ci4 shen1 = sashimi

肉刺 juk6 ci3 rou4 ci4 = a hangnail 國

刺激的 ci3 gik1 dik1 ci4 ji1 de5 = [adj] biting, poignant 國
See all 25 compounds (CantoDict reports 23 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing 1 example containing 刺

手指㔆刺粵
The finger is pricked by a splinter.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 刺
Unicode code for this character: U+523a (off-site link)

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