1. noun thorns; brambles
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '棘'; Kroll 2015 '棘' 2, p. 185; Mathews 1931 '棘', p. 64; Unihan '棘'; XHZD '棘' 3, p. 313)
  2. noun jujube
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A kind of red date (Guoyu '棘' n 1; Kroll 2015 '棘' 1, p. 185; Mathews 1931 '棘', p. 64; XHZD '棘' 1, p. 313)
  3. adjective to be troublesome; to be thorny; to prick
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '棘' v; Kroll 2015 '棘' 2, p. 185; Mathews 1931 '棘', p. 64; XHZD '棘' 2, p. 313)
  4. adjective earnest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '棘', p. 64)
  5. adjective harsh
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '棘' 2a, p. 185)
  6. adjective urgent; pressing
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '棘' 3, p. 185)
  7. noun a dagger with a long handle
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '棘' n 2)
  8. proper noun Ji
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '棘' n 3)

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