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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)
荆棘
jīngjí
thistles and thorns
沙棘
shājí
sea-buckthorn
棘楚
jíchǔ
thorny problem
棘轮
jílún
ratchet
腔棘鱼
qiāngjíyú
coelacanth
沙棘属
shājíshǔ
genus Hippophae
食荼卧棘
shítúwòjí
to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
棘皮动物
jípídòngwù
echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc
披荆斩棘
pījīngzhǎnjí
lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)
荆棘载途
jīngjízàitú
lit. a path covered in brambles
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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