Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1031 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: thorn, pierce, stab, prick, sting, calling card

Kunyomi: さ.す さ.さる さ.し さし とげ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: りっとう

Meaning: knife, sword

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

繍(ししゅう)   embroidery

客(しかく)   assassin

(めいし)   business card

激する(しげきする)   stimulate, stir up, excite

傷する(ししょうする)   stab, puncture, wound

する(ふうしする)   satirize, lampoon

す(さす)   pierce, stab [v.t.]

さる(ささる)   be stuck [v.i.]

身(さしみ)   sliced raw fish

Onyomi Examples

calling card

シゲキ stimulus, stimulation, irritation, impetus, impulse, stimulus, spur, incentive, encouragement, stimulation, motivation, provocation, excitement, thrill

ギュウサシ sliced raw beef

ニクサシ fork

Kunyomi Examples

さす to pierce, to stab, to prick, to stick, to thrust, to sting, to bite, to sew, to stitch, to embroider, to pole (a boat), to catch (with a limed pole), to put (a runner) out, to pick off

さすが dagger

さる ささる to stick into (of something with a sharp point), to prick, to pierce, to get stuck (in), to lodge (in), to resonate emotionally, to move

さし grain thief, sharpened tube for testing rice in bags, sashimi (sliced raw fish), stabbing, piercing, pricking

さしみ sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

ぎゅうさし sliced raw beef

にくさし fork

さし grain thief, sharpened tube for testing rice in bags, sashimi (sliced raw fish), stabbing, piercing, pricking

さしみ sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

ぎゅうさし sliced raw beef

にくさし fork

とげ thorn, spine, prickle, splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh), hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone), biting words

棘魚 とげうお stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)

とげとげ sharply, harshly, stingingly