棘

棘 U+68D8, 棘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68D8 ← 棗 [U+68D7] CJK Unified Ideographs 棙 → [U+68D9]

Translingual

Han character

棘 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木月木月 (DBDB), four-corner 5599₂, composition ⿰朿朿)

Derived characters

• 㻷 襋 䪂 蕀 僰 𠍷 𠒧 𠢠 𤏡 𫂡 𮥪 𭞧 𬮓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 532, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14938
• Dae Jaweon: page 921, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1227, character 9
• Unihan data for U+68D8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		棘
alternative forms		撠 to prick 𣡍 𭫼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 棘
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (棘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
棘	*krɯɡ
襋	*krɯɡ
蕀	*krɯɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kit
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiak / kek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gik¹
    • Yale: gīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kit
    • Hakka Romanization System: gid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kit̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak
    • Tâi-lô: kiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek
    • Tâi-lô: kik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: kik

Rime
Character	棘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	紀力切
Baxter	kik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kik̚/
Li Rong	/kiək̚/
Wang Li	/kĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*krək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*krɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	棘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jí
Middle Chinese	‹ kik ›
Old Chinese	/*krək/
English	thorns
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	棘
Reading #	1/1
No.	5745
Phonetic component	棘
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	殛
Old Chinese	/*krɯɡ/

Definitions

棘

1. jujube tree
2. thorny bush; bramble
3. thorns
4. thorny
5. to prick
6. Synonym of 戟 (jǐ, “halberd”)

Compounds

• 披荊斬棘／披荆斩棘 (pījīngzhǎnjí)
• 披荊棘／披荆棘
• 撤棘
• 棘手 (jíshǒu)
• 棘蒬
• 滿地荊棘／满地荆棘
• 舉動荊棘／举动荆棘 (jǔdòngjīngjí)
• 荊棘／荆棘 (jīngjí)
• 荊棘佈道／荆棘布道
• 荊棘律／荆棘律
• 荊棘銅駝／荆棘铜驼
• 銅駝荊棘／铜驼荆棘

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kik¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kik¹
    • Yale: kīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪk̚⁵/

Definitions

棘

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 撠 (kik1, “to be stuck”)

Japanese

Kanji

棘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こく (koku)
• Kan-on: きょく (kyoku)
• Kun: いばら (ibara, 棘)、いら (ira, 棘)、とげ (toge, 棘)

Compounds

• 風棘(ふうきょく) (fūkyoku): tuberculous dactylitis

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
棘
とげ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 刺

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とげ [tògéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɡe̞]

Noun

棘(とげ) • (toge) 

1. thorn

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
棘
いばら Hyōgai
kun'yomi

umara → ubara → ibara.

Alternative forms

• 茨, 荊

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いばら [ìbárá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [iba̠ɾa̠]

Noun

棘(いばら) or 棘(イバラ) • (ibara) 

1. a shrub with thorns: a bramble, a briar
2. thorn
3. a thorny flower of the genus Rosa: a rose

Derived terms

• 薔薇(ばら) (bara): any shrub with thorns: a bramble, a briar; a thorny flower of the genus Rosa: a rose

Korean

Hanja

棘 • (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune–Reischauer kŭk, Yale kuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

棘: Hán Nôm readings: gấc, cức

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