Keyword
thorns
- jujube tree
- brambles
- Frequency
- #2811
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
jí
Mnemonic
朿 (thorn) gives the meaning and 朿 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
棘手
thorny (problem); intractable
荆棘
thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
棘
thorns
披荆斩棘
lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way; to break through hardships; to blaze a new trail
沙棘
(botany) sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)
棘轮
ratchet
棘皮动物
echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc