字 Chinese Character Wiki Wiki
Log in
  • Home
  • Search
  • Articles
  • Lists
  • Recent Changes
  • My Edits
  • Character Builder
Preferences
Theme
Characters
Phonetic
  • Dong Chinese
Read Edit View history
棘手
jí​shǒu HSK7

thorny

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

棘手 jí​shǒu thorny

thorny; troublesome; intractable. Describes a difficult matter that is hard to handle, much like a plant with thorns that pricks the hand.

References

synonym 辣手/辣手 → 棘手/棘手
CC BY-SA 4.0 Data licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0