荆
Traditional 荊
Meanings
- chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
- (literary) cane or switch made from a chaste tree, used for punishment
- an early name for the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]
- surname Jing
Words with 荆
- 荆州 see 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4]
- 荆州市 Jingzhou, prefecture-level city in Hubei…
- 荆门 see 荊門市|荆门市[Jing1 men2 Shi4]
- 荆门市 Jingmen, prefecture-level city in Hubei…
- 荆江 Jingjiang section of the Changjiang…
- 荆州区 Jingzhou, a district of Jingzhou City…
- 荆棘 thistles and thorns
- 紫荆 Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)
- 拙荆 my wife (humble)
- 荆轲 Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse…
- 披荆斩棘 lit. to cut one's way through thistles…
- 负荆请罪 lit. to bring a bramble and ask for…