ji2
thorns

strokes 12
radical
strokes after radical 8
棘鼻青岛龙 棘鼻青島龍 ji2 bi2 qing1 dao3 long2
Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout

棘楚 棘楚 ji2 chu3
thorny problem; troublesome affair

棘轮 棘輪 ji2 lun2
ratchet

棘皮动物 棘皮動物 ji2 pi2 dong4 wu4
echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc

棘手 棘手 ji2 shou3
thorny (problem); intractable

荆棘 荊棘 jing1 ji2
thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth

荆棘载途 荊棘載途 jing1 ji2 zai4 tu2
lit. a path covered in brambles; a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom)

披荆斩棘 披荊斬棘 pi1 jing1 zhan3 ji2
lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way; to break through hardships; to blaze a new trail

腔棘鱼 腔棘魚 qiang1 ji2 yu2
coelacanth

沙棘 沙棘 sha1 ji2
sea-buckthorn

沙棘属 沙棘屬 sha1 ji2 shu3
genus Hippophae; sea-buckthorns

食荼卧棘 食荼臥棘 shi2 tu2 wo4 ji2
to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people