荆
jīng HSK7

thorns

荆 (荊) jīng
chaste tree noun
the chaste tree or berry (shrubs of the genus Vitex)

他在山坡上采了一些柔韧的荆条，准备编个小筐。

tā zài shān​pō shàng cǎi le yī​xiē róu​rèn de jīng tiáo, zhǔn​bèi biān gè xiǎo kuāng.

He gathered some flexible vitex twigs on the hillside, intending to weave a small basket.

Chu State abbreviation
an alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty state of Chu

荆楚大地的文化底蕴深厚，吸引了许多游客。

jīng Chǔ dà​dì de wén​huà dǐ​yùn shēn​hòu, xī​yǐn le xǔ​duō yóu​kè.

The profound cultural heritage of the Jingchu region attracts many tourists.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,551st most common 18.0 per million
Movie subtitles
3,522nd most common 1.39 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.120 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
8.52 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
荊
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+8346

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)