棘 — Chinese character
棘
jí
jujube tree; thorns, brambles
- Pinyin
- jí
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 朿 朿
- Formation
- pictophonetic — thorn; meaning component 朿; sound component 朿
- Japanese
- 棘 as a kanji
Common words with 棘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棘手 | jí shǒu | thorny (problem); intractable |
| 荆棘 (荊棘) | jīng jí | thistles and thorns; brambles |
| 披荆斩棘 (披荊斬棘) | pī jīng zhǎn jí | lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way |
| 沙棘 | shā jí | (botany) sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) |
| 棘轮 (棘輪) | jí lún | ratchet |
| 棘皮动物 (棘皮動物) | jí pí dòng wù | echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc |
| 棘楚 | jí chǔ | thorny problem; troublesome affair |
| 腔棘鱼 (腔棘魚) | qiāng jí yú | coelacanth |
| 荆棘载途 (荊棘載途) | jīng jí zài tú | lit. a path covered in brambles; a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom) |
| 食荼卧棘 (食荼臥棘) | shí tú wò jí | to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people |
English words written with 棘
棘 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 30
- Analects 12.8
- Hexagram 29
- Mencius 5A.9
- Mencius 6A.14
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
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