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    3. 棘

    棘

    棘いばら

    thorn

    NTNature & EnvironmentKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    いばらとげ

    On'yomi

    キョク

    thornsplinterspinebiting wordsbriers

    朿

    木
    冂
    丿

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    棆朿棗棡柵橘檎橋朿棡棗

    Concepts using this kanji

    棘下筋

    infraspinatus muscle

    棘皮動物

    echinoderm

    棘条

    spiny ray (of a fin)

    棘突起

    spinous process

    棘皮動物門

    Echinodermata (phylum of marine invertebrates)

    骨棘

    bone spur

    肩甲棘

    scapular spine

    棘魚類

    acanthodians (extinct jawed fishes)

    棘魚

    stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)

    棘紅葉貝

    sand sifting starfish (Astropecten polyacanthus)

    毒棘

    poisonous spine

    沖縄棘鼠

    Muennink's spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki)

    有棘細胞癌

    spinocellular carcinoma

    棘

    briars

    棘鼠

    Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)

    奄美棘鼠

    Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)

    荊棘線

    barbed wire

    棘蝶々魚

    threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)

    棘尾大蜥蜴

    ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus)

    尻棘大蜥蜴

    black-headed monitor (Varanus tristis)

    棘脚蟹

    flat rock crab (Percnon planissimum)

    荊棘

    wild rose

    棘栗蟹

    helmet crab (Telmessus acutidens)

    綺麗な薔薇には棘がある

    there is no rose without a thorn

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丿
    • 冂
    • 木

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    • 棘
    • 棘皮動物
    • 荊棘
    • 荊棘線
    • 骨棘
    • 棘魚
    • 棘鼠
    • 棘条
    • 綺麗な薔薇には棘がある
    • 棘魚類
    • 棘蝶々魚
    • 棘尾大蜥蜴
    • 尻棘大蜥蜴
    • 棘突起
    • 棘皮動物門
    • 沖縄棘鼠
    • 棘紅葉貝
    • 有棘細胞癌
    • 毒棘
    • 棘下筋
    • 肩甲棘
    • 棘栗蟹
    • 棘脚蟹
    • 奄美棘鼠

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    • 棆
    • 朿
    • 棗
    • 棡
    • 柵
    • 橘
    • 檎
    • 橋

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