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棘
jí
1. thorns
Common • Top 12% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

棘
jí
jujube tree; thorns, brambles
12 丶

Compound Words (12)

棘手
jíshǒu
thorny (problem)
棘楚
jíchǔ
thorny problem
棘轮
jílún
ratchet
沙棘
shājí
sea-buckthorn
荆棘
jīngjí
thistles and thorns
沙棘属
shājíshǔ
genus Hippophae
腔棘鱼
qiāngjíyú
coelacanth
披荆斩棘
pījīngzhǎnjí
lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)
棘皮动物
jípídòngwù
echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc
荆棘载途
jīngjízàitú
lit. a path covered in brambles
食荼卧棘
shítúwòjí
to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
棘鼻青岛龙
jíbíQīngdǎolóng
Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,869
Word Frequency Rank
10,360 of 84,292

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