棘
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thorns
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How 棘 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
朿 (semantic, “thorn”) + 朿 (phonetic, cì)
components: 朿 ×2
How to remember it
thorn bushes · Heisig RSH #1690
thorn
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 朿
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 朿 (cì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朿 sound component | cì | thorn, sting, prickle; to stab; to assassinate |
| 刺 | cì | to stab; to prick, to irritate; to prod |
| 策 | cè | to urge, to whip; method, plan, policy |
Words containing 棘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 棘皮动物 | jí pí dòng wù | echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc |
| 棘鼻青岛龙 | jí bí Qīng dǎo lóng | Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed… |
| 棘手 | jí shǒu | thorny (problem); intractable |
| 腔棘鱼 | qiāng jí yú | coelacanth |
| 沙棘 | shā jí | (botany) sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) |
| 棘轮 | jí lún | ratchet |
| 荆棘载途 | jīng jí zài tú | lit. a path covered in brambles; a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom) |
| 食荼卧棘 | shí tú wò jí | to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people |
| 棘楚 | jí chǔ | thorny problem; troublesome affair |
| 披荆斩棘 | pī jīng zhǎn jí | lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles … |
| 荆棘 | jīng jí | thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth |