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瘠

jí
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 barren (of land)
  2. 2 thin; emaciated
  3. 3 meager

Examples

贫瘠的土地上庄稼长不好。
Pínjí de tǔdì shàng zhuāngjia zhǎng bùhǎo.
Crops grow poorly on barren soil.
久病之后他形容瘠弱。
Jiǔbìng zhīhòu tā xíngróng jíruò.
After the long illness he grew thin and weak.

Tips

usage
Most common in 贫瘠 (poor, barren land). The same character also describes a body wasted thin — both senses share the idea of being stripped of richness.

Components

radical
疒 nè
sickness
The sickness radical 疒 wraps the top and left. It marks illness and bodily wasting; here it points to a body grown thin and weak.
phonetic
脊 jǐ
spine; (here) sound
Inside, 脊 supplies the sound (jí from jǐ). 'Spine' fits the picture too — a starved body where the backbone shows through.

Stroke Order

瘠 jí