瘠 — Chinese character
瘠
jí
thin, emaciated; barren
- Pinyin
- jí
- Radical
- 104 ⽧ (Sickness)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 疒 脊
- Formation
- pictophonetic — sickness; meaning component 疒; sound component 脊
- Japanese
- 瘠 as a kanji
Common words with 瘠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贫瘠 (貧瘠) | pín jí | barren; infertile |
| 瘠薄 | jí bó | (of land) infertile; barren |
| 哀毁瘠立 (哀毀瘠立) | āi huǐ jí lì | see 哀毁骨立 (āi huǐ gǔ lì) |
| 荒瘠 | huāng jí | desolate and poor; infertile |
English words written with 瘠
瘠 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 3
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.