Chinese Character Wiki

荆

jīng

thorns

A plant 艹 armed with thorns 刂

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

开 meaning component

开  Meaning component

kāi

  

open

刂 meaning component

刂  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

Evolution

荆 Oracle script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Oracle script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
荆 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
荆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
荆 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
荆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

荆 (荊) 

jīng

thorns; brambles; my wife; cane; chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus); alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chǔ​guó]

Most common words with 荆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

荆棘

brambles

荆

chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)

荆州

Jingzhou prefecture-level city on Changjiang in Hubei

披荆斩棘

to break through hardships

紫荆

Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2551st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

荊

Unicode

U+8346

Shuowen

“荊，楚。木也。从艸，刑聲。，古文荊。”


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