荆 jīng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
荆棘
jīngjí
thorns; brambles; hardships
Characters in this word
棘 jí
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 朿 thorn, sting, prickle 朿 thorn, sting, prickle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 改革之路布满荆棘，但若停留在旧制度里，问题只会越积越深。 Gǎigé zhī lù bùmǎn jīngjí, dàn ruò tíngliú zài jiù zhìdù lǐ, wèntí zhǐ huì yuè jī yuè shēn. The road of reform is full of thorns, but if one remains in the old system, the problems will only accumulate further.
- 小路两边长满了荆棘，我们小心地走过去。 Xiǎolù liǎngbiān zhǎng mǎn le jīngjí, wǒmen xiǎoxīn de zǒu guòqù. Thorns grew thickly on both sides of the path, and we walked through carefully.
- 创业的路上有很多荆棘，但他从来没有后悔过。 Chuàngyè de lù shàng yǒu hěn duō jīngjí, dàn tā cónglái méiyǒu hòuhuǐ guò. There are many thorns on the road of starting a business, but he has never regretted it.
Related words
- 棘手 jíshǒu thorny; troublesome; difficult to handle
- 年轮 niánlún tree rings; annual rings
- 麻 má hemp; flax
- 牡丹 mǔdan peony
- 茉莉 mòlì jasmine
- 莲子 liánzǐ lotus seed
- 盛产 shèngchǎn to produce abundantly
- 刨 páo to dig; to plane; to scrape
- 开垦 kāikěn to reclaim wasteland; to bring land under cultivation
- 收割 shōugē to harvest; to reap
- 砍伐 kǎnfá to cut down; to fell
- 枯萎 kūwěi withered; wilted