莿 = 艹 + 刺

莿 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “thorn”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 刺 (stab).

Keyword: thorn
Pinyin (Mandarin): cì
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: шип

Decomposition

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艹 grass
刺 stab

How to find 莿 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “stab”. 莿 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 莿 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.