刺(cì)

HSK 48 strokes
Readingscìcī

(onom.) whoosh

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Character information

Pinyin
cì / cī
Meaning
(onom.) whoosh
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 刺 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰朿刂

In this compound, the meaning comes from 刂 (knife); 朿 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

朿cì刂dāo

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 刺 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 刺

Common words using 刺 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

cì刺jī激
HSK 4

to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite

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cì刺xiù绣
HSK 7-9

to embroider

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cì刺ěr耳
HSK 7-9

ear-piercing

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cì刺gǔ骨
HSK 7-9

piercing

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dǎo倒cì刺

barb; barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)

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cì刺zhōng中

to hit with a piercing blow

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cì刺shāng伤

to stab

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cì刺wǔ五jiā加

manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM

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丈与严临之乎亚企

From 刺’s common words

激绣耳骨倒中伤五

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