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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 刺

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
刺 cī - (onom.) whoosh
刺 cì - thorn
- sting
- thrust
- to prick
- to pierce
- to stab
- to assassinate
- to murder

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 4 1,807 3,327 3,498

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 朿 刂

Radical:

刂

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

朿

Semantic:

刂

Hint:

Knife

Other Words Containing 刺

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
刺 6 4 1,807 3,327 3,498
刺激 5 4 1,963 1,975 1,765
讽刺 5 7 3,052 9,649 6,157
刺伤 - - 6,519 - -
刺杀 - - 6,650 19,758 32,511
刺客 - - 8,805 15,820 14,195
冲刺 - 8 14,002 11,984 10,459
刺刀 - - 14,019 28,715 45,239
刺绣 - 9 15,297 20,197 14,717
刺耳 - 8 15,707 20,240 23,485
遇刺 - - 16,635 32,596 55,777
刺眼 - - 18,064 22,696 15,292
刺中 - - 18,951 - -
带刺 - - 19,694 45,891 26,883
穿刺 - - 19,846 10,441 33,166
刺骨 - 9 21,837 24,866 15,621
刺探 - - 23,062 44,588 56,314
粉刺 - - 24,920 27,341 12,818
行刺 - - 28,247 44,383 87,893
刺猬 - - 29,724 22,901 10,439
刺鼻 - - 29,998 25,442 32,710
肉中刺 - - 30,094 93,878 88,161
刺头 - - 34,741 - -
刺激性 - - 38,821 19,007 14,375
鱼刺 - - 40,765 39,369 19,397
芒刺在背 - - 42,551 - 102,931
毒刺 - - 42,887 61,962 49,504
骨刺 - - 55,937 51,527 59,821
倒刺 - - 58,036 59,038 29,240
刺儿头 - - 63,034 - 115,687
毛刺 - - 70,941 54,018 70,609
刺柏 - - 91,155 - -