How to write 瘠

瘠 [jí] 1. 瘦弱: lean; thin and weak; wispy. 例: 瘦弱。 2. 土地不肥沃: barren; infertile. 例: 瘠土。瘠田。贫瘠。 3. 薄，简约: humble; simple. 例: 若是则瘠，瘠则不足欲。 形 (Form) 【本义】: 身体瘦弱 (The original meaning: body weak and thin). 【造字法】: 形声。从疒( chuáng)，表示与疾病有关，脊声 (Character formation: phonetic compound; associated with disease). 引 (Quotation) 1. 《左传·昭公十三年》: 牛虽瘠，偾于豚上，其畏不死? (Even if the cow is lean, standing on the pig, will it not be fearful of death?) 2. 《韩非子·内储说上》: 宋崇门之巷人服丧而毁甚瘠 (In the alley of Song Chongmen, the people mourned and were extremely weak). 3. 清· 薛福成《观巴黎油画记》: 长短丰瘠 (Long and short, abundant and thin). 4. 清· 梁启超《饮冰室合集》: 老年如脊牛 (Old age is like a lean cow). 例 (Example) 又如: 瘠弱 (lean and weak); 瘠疲 (thin and exhausted); 瘠色 (appearance of sorrow and gauntness); 瘠牛偾豚 (a lean cow falls upon a pig; the pig is bound to die. Metaphor for a powerful country bullying a weak one). 名 (Noun) 1. 疾疫: disease. 例: 如: 瘠瘵 (become weak due to illness). 2. 腐肉; 腐烂的尸体: rotten corpse. 例: 《管子》: 稼亡三分之一，而非有故盖积也，则道有损瘠矣 (If the crops decline by a third, and it is not due to calamity, then the path must have suffered damage). 动 (Verb) 损削; 使之贫弱: harm; breakdown; impoverish. 例: 如: 瘠气 (drain vital energy); 瘠色 (harm one's appearance).