What is the meaning of 刺?
a splinter
Short for 米刺 (komesashi): a small tool used to extract a sample of rice from a bag in order to test its quality
in the Edo period, a paper string used to store ぜに (zeni, “round coins with a square hole in the center”)
Short for 刺身 (sashimi): sliced pieces of fish or other meat
the spine (needle-like structure) of a fish's dorsal fin
Short for 刺草 (irakusa): nettle
Short for 刺虫 (iramushi): the larva of the 刺蛾 (iraga, “Monema flavescens”), a species of moth
the horn-like projections of 金平糖 (konpeitō, “sugar candy of varying colors and flavors”)
Synonym of 水母 (kurage): a jellyfish
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