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棘

Mandarin · pinyin jí

thorns

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棘: jí · jujube tree; thorns, brambles

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2 · ji2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gik1 · kik1

Cantonese word readings for 棘. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

jujube tree
thorny bush; bramble
thorns
thorny
to prick
synonym of 戟 (jǐ, “halberd”)

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) alternative form of 撠 (kik1, “to be stuck”)

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