Kanji

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: thorn, splinter, spine, biting words, briers

Kunyomi: いばら とげ

Onyomi: キョク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

Onyomi Examples

魚類 キョクギョルイ acanthodians (extinct jawed fishes)

キョクジョウ spiny ray (of a fin)

ケイキョク wild rose, bramble, briar patch, obstacle, source of difficulty, thorn

ドクキョク poisonous spine, venomous spine

Kunyomi Examples

いばら thorny shrub, wild rose, briar, thorn, cusp

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

とげうお stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)