12 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

thorn, splinter, spine, biting words, briers

Kun'yomi
  • thorny shrub ②wild rose ③thorn ④cusp
  • thorn ②splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh) ③biting words
On'yomi
  • キョク

Main Radical

(KanXi) 丿(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

とげ 99.5%
キョク 0.5%

Character Breakdown

thorn, splinter, spine
とげ キョク いばら (Kentei 1)
thorn
シ とげ (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)

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References

Unicode hex code 68D8
JIS X 0208 1-59-89
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 238
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2729
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2938
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2945
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14938
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a12.3
Four corner code 5599.2