刺
Meanings
Noun
1. thorn; spine; prickle
2. splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone)
3. biting words
Other spellings
棘とげ
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
とげ
Used in vocabulary
Examples8
どの
Life has its sorrows, as every rose has its thorns.
この
I can't get this splinter out of my finger.
彼の
There was a bite in his remark.
とげ
Every rose has its thorn.
私の
My harsh words bruised her feeling.
私
I ran a splinter into my finger.