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荆

jīng

Character Traditional 荊

What 荆 means

1. chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
2. literarycane or switch made from a chaste tree, used for punishment

Other readings

荆 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Jīngan early name for the state of Chu {楚国|Chǔ guó}; surname Jing

Example sentences

• 于是彼拉多把耶稣带去鞭打。兵丁用荆棘编作冠冕，戴在他头上，又给他穿上紫袍。他们上前一遍遍地打他，说道：「万岁，犹太人的王！」又打他的脸。
  Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe. And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.
• 于是那欢快的小男孩们四处游荡，/ 如此喜悦地穿越山丘与山谷，/ 蔷薇的芬芳穿过荆棘丛 / 将随温柔的夏风飘散：/ 每个清晨，大自然含笑赐予，/ 那贫苦卑微的农夫也得一份，/ 云雀从草丛中振翅而上，/ 将悠扬的音符送向天际。
  Then the merry little boys they will ramble, / So gleesome, o’er mountain and dale, / Where the sweets of the rose through the bramble / Will be blown by the mild summer gale: / Then a share of Nature’s smiles each morning / To the poor humble peasant will be given. / While the lark from his covert he is soaring, / His musical notes to the heaven.

Words starting with 荆

• 荆棘jīng jíthistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
• 荆轲Jīng KēJing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying…
• 荆山Jīng shānThorny mountain (several); Mt Jingshan in Hubei
• 荆江Jīng jiāngJingjiang section of the Changjiang River 长江, Hunan
• 荆州区Jīng zhōu QūJingzhou, a district of Jingzhou City 荆州市
• 荆州市Jīng zhōu ShìJingzhou, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省
• 荆楚网jīng chǔ wǎngIPTV (PRC media network)
• 荆门市Jīng mén ShìJingmen, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省
• 荆棘载途jīng jí zài túlit. a path covered in brambles; a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom)
• 荆楚网视jīng chǔ wǎng shìIPTV (PRC media network)
• 荆芥jīng jièschizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine
• 荆榛满目jīng zhēn mǎn mùthorns and brambles as far as eye can see (idiom); beset by troubles
• 荆州Jīng zhōusee 荆州市; see 荆州区
• 荆门Jīng ménsee 荆门市

Words containing 荆

• 紫荆zǐ jīngChinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)
• 问荆wèn jīngfield horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
• 寒荆hán jīng(polite) my wife (old)
• 拙荆zhuō jīngmy wife (humble)
• 识荆shí jīngIt is a great honor to meet you.
• 洋紫荆yáng zǐ jīngHong Kong orchid (Bauhinia blakeana)
• 披荆斩棘pī jīng zhǎn jílit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)…
• 识荆恨晚shí jīng hèn wǎnIt is a great honor to meet you and I regret it is not sooner
• 负荆请罪fù jīng qǐng zuìlit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom); fig. to offer sb a humble apology
• 大意失荆州dà yi shī Jīng zhōulit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom); fig. to suffer a major setback due to…
• 大紫荆勋章Dà Zǐ jīng Xūn zhāngGreat Bauhinia Medal (GBM), established in 1997 as the highest award under Hong Kong's…

Characters that look like 荆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 刷shuāa brush; to paint; to daub; to brush; to scrub
• 削xuēto pare; to reduce; to remove
• 剥bōto peel; to skin; to flay
• 剃tìto shave
• 俐lìused in 伶俐
• 冽liècold and raw

Sounds the same

Read jīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 京capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old)
• 经classics; sacred book; scripture
• 睛eye; eyeball
• 精essence; extract; vitality
• 惊to startle; to be frightened; to be scared
• 晶crystal
• 茎stalk; stem
• 兢to be fearful; apprehensive
• 菁leek flower; lush; luxuriant
• 泾Jing River
• 鲸whale
• 旌banner; make manifest