antagonistic / laboring hard / pressed

拮 character breakdown

surname Ji / abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]
lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: "Giga" stems from a Greek word for "giant", so I'll represent 吉 by a giant.

= + : The giant just arrived at the space station and is very hungry. In each hand he holds Joan of Arc and the bachelor captive and robs them for their mandarins which he longs for.
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.
surname Ji / abbr. for 吉林[Ji2 lin2] Jilin Province

Characters with 拮 as component

拮 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 拮

hard pressed for money / in financial straits

Sentences with 拮

拮 currently does not appear in any sentence.