棘
jí HSK7

jujube tree

棘 jí
to prick adjective
(bound form) to prick or sting; specifically used in the compound 棘手 jí​shǒu meaning a thorny or troublesome problem
thorns noun
(bound form) thorns; any thorny or prickly plant; bushes with thorns
sour jujube
(bound form) the sour jujube tree; also known as 酸枣 suān​zǎo
halberd
(archaic) ancient long-handled weapon with blades; same as 戟 jǐ
Ji
a Chinese surname
needle-like
(bound form) needle-like; spiny; used in terms like 棘皮动物 jí​pí​dòng​wù

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Frequency
Character
Written text
2,870th most common 11.7 per million
Movie subtitles
2,496th most common 8.60 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.390 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
1.83 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+68D8

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)