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瘠

jí

thin, emaciated; barren

🔤 Pictophonetic: 疒 (sickness) provides meaning, 脊 provides pronunciation

HSK ✏️ 15 strokes Uncommon • Top 40%

Words Using 瘠 (4)

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Pinyin

Definition

HSK

(of land) infertile / barren

瘠薄

jíbó

(of land) infertile / barren

荒瘠

huāngjí

desolate and poor / infertile

荒瘠

huāngjí

desolate and poor / infertile

贫瘠

pínjí

barren / infertile / poor

贫瘠

pínjí

barren / infertile / poor

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spine, backbone; ridge

⿸疒脊 i

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nè

疒

sickness, disease

5 strokes

guǎng

广

broad, vast, wide; building, house

💡 Ideographic: A lean-to 厂, suggesting a building

3 strokes HSK 4

bīng

冫

ice

2 strokes

jí

脊

spine, backbone; ridge

💡 Ideographic: A vertebra 人 protruding from the flesh ⺼

10 strokes

⿻人？

Radical component

⺼

meat, flesh; organic compound

📷 Pictographic: Meat on the ribs of an animal; compare 肉

4 strokes

Words Using 瘠 (4)

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