calling card; business card
Bound form used in compounds such as 名刺 (business card). Not used as a standalone word for 'card'.
See also: 名刺
The 刺 in 名刺 originally referred to a tag with one's name written on it.
business card
tattoo; tattooing
satire; irony; sarcasm
embroidery
assassin · opposition candidate fielded to unseat a same-party incumbent
stabbing to death · putting out (baseball)
horse sashimi; basashi
barbed wire
puncture; tap; paracentesis
stab wound; puncture wound
stab wound; puncture wound
governor of an ancient Chinese province
areole
stinging hair
stabbing; piercing; thrusting
bloodletting (in traditional Chinese medicine)
nematocyst; cnidocyte; cnida
stabbing; stimulation
sliced raw beef; beef sashimi
tern; common tern
Borrowed from Chinese 刺, which historically denoted a written name slip or visiting card presented when calling on someone.