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Biting 朿 Thorn Thornbush 棘 キョク いばら とげ

Kanji
Onyomi キョク
Kunyomi いばら, とげ
English thorn, splinter, spine, biting words, briers
Examples 棘(とげ): thorn; splinter; spine; biting words
JLPT Level 0
Jouyou Grade S+
Components 朿: thorn
朿: thorn
Traditional Form (none)
Keyword thornbush
Koohii Story 1 The belt of thorns around a tree is doubled in a thornbush.
Koohii Story 2 "A thornbush so thorny, even its thorns have thorns. Note: A good example is gorse http://www.weeds.asn.au/gifs/line_art/gorse.gif."
RTK Index 2938

Tags: jlpt.n0, shouldsuspend, grades+

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