荆棘
jīng jí · HSK 7
thistles and thorns
🌵 荆 thorny shrub + 棘 = two thorn signs 朿 side by side, a doubled bramble
棘 stacks the thorn component 朿 twice, side by side, doubling down on spikiness; paired with 荆 (a thorny shrub) the compound names a tangle of brambles and thorny undergrowth.