jīng HSK7

thorns

Senses

/ 荊 jīng chaste tree

(bound form) chaste tree; brambles; a deciduous shrub with flexible branches used for weaving baskets and fences

/ 荊 jīng cane

(bound form) a cane or switch made of chaste tree wood, used in ancient times for corporal punishment; specifically used in the phrase 负荆请罪 fù​jīng​qǐng​zuì

/ 荊 jīng [humble wife]

(bound form) a humble way to refer to one's own wife in former times, as in 拙荆 zhuō​jīng

/ 荊 jīng Chu State

(bound form) an alternative name for the state of 楚国 chǔ​guó during the Zhou Dynasty; also used as a name for Jing Province, one of the nine ancient provinces of China

/ 荊 jīng Jing

the surname Jing

References

same_as 荆/荊 楚国/楚國