Usage of the character 棘
jí
棘
[棘]
- thorns
shājí
沙棘
[沙棘]
- sea-buckthorn
jīngjí
荆棘
[荊棘]
- thistles and thorns
- brambles
- thorny undergrowth
jílún
棘轮
[棘輪]
- ratchet
jíshǒu
棘手
[棘手]
- thorny (problem)
- intractable
jíchǔ
棘楚
[棘楚]
- thorny problem
- troublesome affair
shājíshǔ
沙棘属
[沙棘屬]
- genus Hippophae
- sea-buckthorns
qiāngjíyú
腔棘鱼
[腔棘魚]
- coelacanth
pījīngzhǎnjí
披荆斩棘
[披荊斬棘]
- 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
jīngjízàitú
荆棘载途
[荊棘載途]
- lit. a path covered in brambles
- a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom)
shítúwòjí
食荼卧棘
[食荼臥棘]
- to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
jípídòngwù
棘皮动物
[棘皮動物]
- echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc
jíbí Qīngdǎolóng
棘鼻青岛龙
[棘鼻青島龍]
- Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout