jí
棘 (jí) is a Chinese word meaning “thorns”.
Meanings
- 1thorns
Related words
棘手thorny (problem)荆棘thistles and thorns棘轮ratchet披荆斩棘lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)棘楚thorny problem棘皮动物echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc棘鼻青岛龙Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout沙棘(botany) sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)腔棘鱼coelacanth荆棘载途lit. a path covered in brambles食荼卧棘to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people