stab / business card

(tree) + (George Michael's Moustache) + (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

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

Jukugo

名刺(めいし)

business card ★★★☆☆
(name, famous) + (stab / business 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 ★☆☆☆☆
(stab / business card) + (intense) = 刺激 (stimulate)

stimulate something - a chemical reaction, a clitoris, whatever. (v) ;a stimulus (n)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
printing plate FRAGMENT
print DAGGER
stab / business card TEN

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.

Meaning Hint Radical
stab / business card TREE
system DAGGER

You stab at the TREE and watch it sway.

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

Synonyms

point
指    差    刺    挿す   
stab
貫く    突く    刺す    挿す    挿入