岌 (jí): lofty (of a peak)

Meanings

1 lofty (of a peak)
2 perilous; precarious

Characters

岌

jí

lofty; perilous

Examples

公司的财务岌岌可危。

Gōngsī de cáiwù jíjíkěwēi.

The company's finances are in imminent danger.

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

Related Words

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in imminent danger; on the verge of collapse / precarious; perilous

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pointed; sharp; tapering / shrill; piercing (of sound) / top; tip; peak

高尚 gāoshàng HSK 4 #5,640

noble / lofty / refined

高峰 gāofēng HSK 6 #10,792

peak; summit / rush hour; peak period

危险 wēixiǎn HSK 3 #581

dangerous / danger / perilous

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high; lofty; to hold high / expensive; costly (in compounds)

讲话 jiǎnghuà HSK 2 #1,883

to speak / speech / talk

山顶 shāndǐng HSK 7-9 #8,575

mountaintop / summit / peak

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to speak / to explain / to tell

风头 fēngtóu #9,051

the limelight; the spotlight / the way the wind blows; the current trend / a crest or peak of activity