莿

莿 · cì

thorn

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
cì
Cantonese
ci3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

thorn

Dictionary definitions & readings

莿 cì · Urtica thunbergiana

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53231.060:cì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
056.030:cì Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シ セキ シャク とげ のぎ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
자:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
七賜 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TDBN Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4492.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1036.430 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
347.32 383.05 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+83BF
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7123

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

12 strokes
莿
Strokes
12
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

12 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tshjeH · 七賜 · 止開三去支清 · #2166

PHONO-ML, source line 12721; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1142.301
kCowles
4856
kDaeJaweon
1495.060
kFennIndex
588.09
kHanYu
53231.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1495.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53231.060
kIRGKangXi
1036.430
kKangXi
1036.430
kMatthews
6986
kMeyerWempe
3547
kMorohashi
31134:E0102
kSBGY
347.32 383.05
kCangjie
TDBN
kFourCornerCode
4492.0
kMojiJoho
MJ022057 MJ022057:E0101 MJ022058:E0102
kPhonetic
161
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CT
kIRG_GSource
G5-6845
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DB6C
kIRG_JSource
J13-7A7B
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6E5F
kIRG_KSource
K1-6A7D
kIRG_TSource
T2-3F51
kRSUnicode
140.8
kTotalStrokes
11
kBigFive
DB6C
kCCCII
227E6A
kCNS1986
2-3F51
kCNS1992
2-3F51
kEACC
227E6A
kGB5
7237
kJIS0213
1,90,91
kJis1
5621
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7123
kTaiwanTelegraph
9793
kXerox
317:056
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15057+140.3.8
kCantonese
ci3
kDefinition
thorn
kFanqie
七賜
kHangul
자:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53231.060:cì
kJapanese
シ セキ シャク とげ のぎ
kJapaneseKun
TOGE
kJapaneseOn
SHI SEKI SHAKU
kKorean
CA
kMandarin
cì
kTGHZ2013
056.030:cì
kSemanticVariant
U+673F<kMatthews
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+523A<kMeyerWempe

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 莿0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 刺 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹刺$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹刺$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.