Keyword
thorns
- brambles
- surname
- Frequency
- #2737
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
jīng
Mnemonic
A plant 艹 armed with thorns 刂
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
荆棘
thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
荆
chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a chaste tree, used for punishment
紫荆
Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)
荆门市
Jingmen, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省 (HúběiShěng)
荆州市
Jingzhou, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省 (HúběiShěng)
荆轲
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)
披荆斩棘
lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way; to break through hardships; to blaze a new trail
荆江
Jingjiang section of the Changjiang River 长江, Hunan
荆芥
schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine
荆山
Thorny mountain (several); Mt Jingshan in Hubei
荆州区
Jingzhou, a district of Jingzhou City 荆州市 (JīngzhōuShì), Hubei
负荆请罪
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom); fig. to offer sb a humble apology
大意失荆州
lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom); fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence
问荆
field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)