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戟

jǐ

Character

What 戟 means

1. halberd
2. long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade
3. combined spear and battle-ax

Words containing 戟

• 巴戟bā jǐmorinda root (Morinda officinalis), plant used in Chinese medicine
• 吕布戟lǚ bù jǐsnake halberd
• 大戟科dà jǐ kēEuphorbiaceae (plant family including rubber and cassava)
• 牛油戟niú yóu jǐpound cake
• 逆戟鲸nì jǐ jīngorca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
• 刀枪剑戟dāo qiāng jiàn jǐ(idiom) melee combat weapons of ancient China, such as swords, spears and halberds
• 折戟沉沙zhé jǐ chén shālit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom); fig. reminder of a fierce battle…
• 三叉戟sān chā jǐtrident
• 刺戟cì jǐsee 刺激

Characters that look like 戟

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 践jiànto fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
• 粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff
• 靓jìngto make up (one's face); to dress; (of one's dress) beautiful
• 鹑chún(bound form) quail
• 鹈tíused in 鹈鹕
• 鹋miáoused in 鸸鹋

Sounds the same

Read jǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 几how many; how much; several; a few
• 己self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
• 挤to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside
• 脊(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
• 给(bound form) to supply; to provide; (literary) sufficient; abundant
• 济used in 济济
• 麂muntjac
• 掎drag
• 虮nymph of louse
• 丮to catch
• 泲clear wine; name of a river
• 踦shin

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jǐ correctly.
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