漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
茨: briar, thorn
N1 (our estimate)9 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 次 is drawn in
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
いばらibara · kun'yomi · on its own
- 茨いばらthorny shrub
- 茨垣いばらがきthorn hedge
- 茨姫いばらひめSleeping Beauty; Thorn Princess; Briar Rose
Also read シ, ジ, かや, くさぶき, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side茨 briar · 艹
vs姿 figure · 女In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · cí
Same form: 茨 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 茨 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 茨 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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