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岌

jí
adjective #58,397

Meanings

  1. 1 lofty (of a peak)
  2. 2 perilous; precarious

Examples

HSK 7-9
公司的财务岌岌可危。
Gōngsī de cáiwù jíjí-kěwēi.
The company's finances are in imminent danger.
HSK 7-9
岌峨的山峰高耸入云。
Jí é de shānfēng gāosǒng rù yún.
Lofty peaks towered into the clouds.

Tips

usage
Best known from the idiom 岌岌可危 (in imminent danger). The literal sense is a towering, precariously high peak; figuratively, anything on the brink of collapse.

Components

radical
山 shān
mountain
Top 山 (mountain), the indexing radical. It places 岌 in the terrain family - describing a high, steep peak teetering on the edge.
phonetic
及 jí
to reach; phonetic
Bottom 及 supplies the sound exactly (jí = jí). The same phonetic anchors 极 (extreme) and 级 (level, grade).

Stroke Order

岌 jí