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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jí | ji2
English translation
jujube tree; thorns, brambles

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

thorn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

朿朿

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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需要 xūyào Tán yǒu diǎn 棘手 jí shǒu de 问题 wèntí .

I need to talk to you about a matter of some delicacy.

zhè zhǐ gǒu zài shǎng tiáo yǒu 荆棘 jīng jí de 小路 xiǎo lù shí , shāng le 一只 zhǎo diàn .

The dog hurt one of its pad when It'stepped upon a thorny path.

早已 zǎo yǐ 必定 bì dìng ,本人 běnrén 只能 zhǐ néng zài 荆棘 jīng jí Zhōng cǎi shè 鲜花 xiān huā .

I only have to adopt picked flowers among thorns.

理查德 Lǐ chá dé ·张伯伦 Zhāng bó lún 已经 yǐjīng 同意 tóngyì 接拍荆棘鸟 de 续集 xù jí

Richard Chamberlain has agreed to make a sequel to "The Thorn Birds".

wèi 发言人 fā yán rén chèn zhè 坚决 jiānjué de 行动 xíngdòng 缓和 huǎnhé le 极为 jí wéi 棘手 jí shǒu de 局面 júmiàn

A spokesman said this firm action had defused a very nasty situation.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
棘手 jí shǒu intractable棘手 jí shǒu
荆棘 jīng jí brambles荊棘
thorns
披荆斩棘 pī jīng zhǎn jí to break through hardships披荊斬棘
沙棘 shā jí sea-buckthorn沙棘 shā jí
棘轮 jí lún ratchet棘輪
棘皮动物 jí pí dòng wù echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc棘皮動物
荆棘载途 jīng jí zài tú lit. a path covered in brambles荊棘載途

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