棘 jí thorny
thorny; jujube tree; thorns; brambles
怎么记住“棘”: 朿 thorn + 朿 thorn = thorny. Picking blackberries, the girl gets one thorn in her thumb and another thorn in her sleeve, and decides the bush is far too thorny.
部件结构
棘 = 朿 thorn + 朿 thorn
- 朿 thorn
- 朿 thorn
Picking blackberries, the girl gets one thorn in her thumb and another thorn in her sleeve, and decides the bush is far too thorny.
How it came to be
用法
- Thorns/brambles: 荆棘 (jīngjí) thistles and thorns, a metaphor for obstacles on a path.
- 棘手 (jíshǒu), 'thorny to the hand', is the common word for a knotty, difficult-to-handle problem: 这件事很棘手 (zhè jiàn shì hěn jíshǒu) this matter is a real headache.