拮 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jié

laboring hard

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

吉 Sound component

jí

lucky

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jié

laboring hard, occupied; pursue; antagonistic; laboring hard; pressed

Most common words with 拮

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	拮据	hard pressed for money
	拮	pressed

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*kˤi[t]	ket	jié	grasp (v.)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4536th most common character in books

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