# 刺 stab / buisness card

木 (tree) + (George Michael's Moustache) + 刀 (sword)
★★★☆☆
8 strokes
DUPE JERK

## Onyomi

SHI |

## Mnemonic

| SHE takes her sword and stabs it at the tree's moustache. After all, you can't be too careful.

## Kunyomi

( を ) さ＊す | pierce　or poke. Like a mosquito stings you. Also, to stab with a knife. ★★★☆☆
( に ) さ＊さる | to be stuck by (a thumbtack stuck in my shoe, your moms got a whole ham stuck in her throat) ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

名刺(めいし) | business card ★★★☆☆ 名 (name, famous) + 刺 (stab / buisness card) = 名刺 (business card) business card　－ AKA "name card" (ネームカード） in Japanese-English.
刺激(しげき) する | stimulate ★☆☆☆☆ 刺 (stab / buisness card) + 激 (intense) = 刺激 (stimulate) stimulate something - a chemical reaction, a clitoris, whatever. (v) ;a stimulus (n)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
刺 | stab / buisness card | TREE | 木
制 | system | DAGGER | 市

You stab at the TREE and watch it sway.

The system has a DAGGER (middle left) to stab people who don't obey!

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
版 | printing plate | FRAGMENT | 片
刷 | print | DAGGER | 刀
刺 | stab / buisness card | TEN | 十

Publishers use FRAGMENTS of moveable lead type to publish books.
If you print a book in Japan making fun of the Emperor, right-wingers will assasinate you with a DAGGER.
The killer stabbed you TEN times.

## Synonyms

point 指 差 刺 挿す
stab 貫く 突く 刺す 挿す 挿入