chaste tree or berry
荊 is a traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as jīng in the first tone.
In simplified Chinese the character 荆 is used.
It is made up of the components 艹 (grass) and 刑 (punishment).
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 荊
Definitions for 荊 pronounced as jīng
- chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
- alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty State of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 Guo2]
Vocabulary
The most common words for 荊 — see all
- thistles and thorns
- brambles
- thorny undergrowth
- Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇)
- Jingzhou prefecture level city on Changjiang in Hubei