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拮

jié

busy, occupied; to pursue

🔤 Pictophonetic: 扌 (hand) provides meaning, 吉 provides pronunciation

HSK ✏️ 9 strokes Uncommon • Top 46%

Words Using 拮 (2)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

拮

jié

antagonistic / laboring hard / pressed

拮

jié

antagonistic / laboring hard / pressed

拮据

jiéjū

hard pressed for money / in financial straits

拮据

jiéjū

hard pressed for money / in financial straits

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lucky, propitious, good

⿰扌吉 i

Component Tree i

shǒu

扌

hand

📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手

3 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

jué

亅

hook

1 strokes

jí

吉

lucky, propitious, good

💡 Ideographic: The words 口 of a scholar 士

6 strokes HSK 6

shì

士

scholar, gentleman; soldier

3 strokes HSK 4

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 拮 (2)

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