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茨

briar
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingシ、ジ
Kun readingいばら、かや、くさぶき
JōyōGrade 4KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. briarRtK
    彼女は茨城に行った。She went to Ibaraki.tatoeba
    茨城県名誉県民。He was an honorary resident of Ibaraki Prefecture.wiki
  2. thorn

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · next · ice (冫) · lack · yawn

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 511

Compound words

茨垣いばらがき
thorn hedge
茨藻いばらも
spiny water nymph (Najas marina)
茨姫いばらひめ
Sleeping Beauty
野茨のいばら
multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
茨の冠いばらのかんむり
a crown of thorns
茨の道いばらのみち
thorny path
茨城県いばらきけん
Ibaraki prefecture
猿捕茨さるとりいばら
Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla)
茨だらけいばらだらけ
thorny
茨藻海老いばらもえび
spiny lebbeid (Lebbeus groenlandicus)

Additional Examples

パウロ茨木の弟。
He was a younger brother of Paul IBARAKI.wiki

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 茨

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step