懂中文 Dong Chinese

拮

jié

laboring hard

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

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

吉 sound component

吉  Sound component

jí

  

lucky

Evolution

拮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
拮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

拮  

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