戟 — Chinese character
戟
jǐ
a double-bladed axe
- Pinyin
- jǐ
- Radical
- 62 ⼽ (Halberd)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 龺 戈
- Formation
- ideographic — An axe 戈 with blades on both sides 龺
- Japanese
- 戟 as a kanji
Common words with 戟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三叉戟 | sān chā jǐ | trident |
| 大戟科 | dà jǐ kē | Euphorbiaceae (plant family including rubber and cassava) |
| 逆戟鲸 (逆戟鯨) | nì jǐ jīng | orca; killer whale (Orcinus orca) |
| 折戟沉沙 | zhé jǐ chén shā | lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom); fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat |
| 巴戟 | bā jǐ | morinda root (Morinda officinalis), plant used in Chinese medicine |
| 刀枪剑戟 (刀槍劍戟) | dāo qiāng jiàn jǐ | (idiom) melee combat weapons of ancient China, such as swords, spears and halberds |
| 刺戟 | cì jǐ | see 刺激 (cì jī) |
| 吕布戟 (呂布戟) | lǚ bù jǐ | snake halberd |
| 牛油戟 | niú yóu jǐ | pound cake |
English words written with 戟
戟 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 1 · Mencius 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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