茨: Briar; ThornKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シ、ジ
- Kun'yomi
- いばら、かや、くさぶき
- Level
- Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 13 in the dictionary
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 茨いばらthorny shrub
- 茨だらけいばらだらけthorny
- 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
- 茨垣いばらがきthorn hedge
- 茨姫いばらひめSleeping Beauty; Thorn Princess
- 茨藻いばらもspiny water nymph (Najas marina); spiny naiad
- 野茨のいばらmultiflora rose (Rosa multiflora); baby rose
Other readings
- 木香茨もっこうばらbanksia rose (Rosa banksiae)
- 猿捕茨さるとりいばらSmilax china (species of sarsaparilla)
- 茨城いばらきIbaraki (prefecture)
- 茨城県いばらきけんIbaraki prefecture
- 茨藻海老いばらもえびspiny lebbeid (Lebbeus groenlandicus)
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