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Kanji Detail for 棘 - "sour jujube, bramble, thorn, halberd"
棘
- Meaning
棘 means "sour jujube, bramble, thorn, halberd."
Sour jujube - A deciduous tree of the Rhamnaceae family.
Bramble - A general term for thorny shrubs.
Thorn - A spine; a prickle.
Halberd - A weapon.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
thorn; splinter; spine; biting words; briers
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
jujube tree; thorns, brambles
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
thorns
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
jujube tree; thorns, brambles
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A shrub name. Solid wood, red core, many thorns. Easily catches clothing. Travelers fear it. Hence dangerous terrain is called 荊棘 (thorns and brambles). Such as 荊天棘地 (thorns covering heaven and earth). Difficult matters are also called 棘手 (thorny problem). Also in the imperial examination era, the provincial and metropolitan examinations were called 棘闈. | Ancient courts had three pagoda trees and nine jujube trees for the positions of Three Dukes and Nine Ministers. From "Rites of Zhou." Hence later ages used them as titles for high ministers, such as 棘卿, 棘署. | Urgent. From "Book of Odes": "The thorny person is tall and thin." Now mourners call themselves 棘人, based on this.
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