Search Kanji for 前/meaning-of-荊棘

in front

Radical:

Parts:一刂月并

Dictionary:

Meanings

in front; before

ゼンzen
まえmae · -まえ-mae
Popularity rank: 27 Pinyin: qián Korean: jeon Hán-Việt: tiền
Stroke counts: 9 Grade level: 2 JLPT level: 4 Skip code: 2-2-7

Example Words

御前[omai] you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior)
御前さん[omaesan] you
已前[izen] ago
以前に[izenni] ago
一人前[ichininmae] becoming adult
一人前になる[ichininmaeninaru] to come of age
一昔前[hitomukashimae] long ago
一歩前進[ippozenshin] (a) step forward
駅前[ekimae] in front of station
駅前通り[ekimaedoori] street in front of station

Kanji Strokes Diagram

thorn

Radical:

Parts:|巾ハ木亠冂

Dictionary:

Meanings

thorn; splinter; spine; biting words; briers

キョクkyoku
いばらibara · とげtoge
Pinyin: Korean: geug Hán-Việt: cức
Stroke counts: 12 Skip code: 1-6-6

Example Words

荊棘[odoro] briars
棘皮動物[kyokuhidoubutsu] echinoderm
荊棘[keikyoku] wild rose
荊棘線[barasen] barbed wire
骨棘[kotsukyoku] bone spur
棘魚[togeuo] stickleback (any fish of family Gasterosteidae)
棘鼠[togenezumi] Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
棘条[kyokujou] spiny ray (of a fin)

Kanji Strokes Diagram

thorn

Radical:

Parts:刂廾⺾ノ艸

Dictionary:

Meanings

thorn; brier; whip

ケイkei
いばらibara
Pinyin: jīng Korean: hyeong Hán-Việt: kinh
Stroke counts: 9 Skip code: 2-3-6

Example Words

荊冠[keikan] crown of thorns
荊妻[keisai] my wife (lit: thorn spouse)
荊棘[odoro] briars
荊棘[keikyoku] wild rose
荊棘線[barasen] barbed wire
蔓荊[hamagou] beach vitex (Vitex rotundifolia)

Kanji Strokes Diagram

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