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Strokes
茨
briar, thorn
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- Kun
- いばら · かや · くさぶきibara · kaya · kusabuki
- On
- シ · ジshi · ji
- Radical
- 艸grass
- Parts
- ⺾grassform of 艸欠lack冫ice
Kun is the Japanese reading, used when the kanji stands alone with kana after it. On comes from Chinese and is mostly used in compound words.