荆
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chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a chaste tree, used for punishment
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艸 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 荆
- Common rank
- #2,251
- Unicode
- U+8346
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Words with 荆
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大意失荆州 | lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom); fig. to suffer a major setback due to n… | |
| 荆门市 | Jingmen, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] | |
| 荆州区 | Jingzhou, a district of Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei | |
| 荆州市 | Jingzhou, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] | |
| 荆山 | Thorny mountain (several); Mt Jingshan in Hubei | |
| 洋紫荆 | Hong Kong orchid (Bauhinia blakeana) | |
| 荆门 | see 荊門市|荆门市[Jing1 men2 Shi4] | |
| 荆州 | see 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4]; see 荊州區|荆州区[Jing1 zhou1 Qu1] | |
| 荆江 | Jingjiang section of the Changjiang River 長江|长江, Hunan | |
| 负荆请罪 | lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom); fig. to offer sb a humble apology | |
| 识荆恨晚 | It is a great honor to meet you and I regret it is not sooner | |
| 大紫荆勋章 | Great Bauhinia Medal (GBM), established in 1997 as the highest award under Hong Kong's hon… | |
| 荆榛满目 | thorns and brambles as far as eye can see (idiom); beset by troubles | |
| 问荆 | field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) | |
| 识荆 | It is a great honor to meet you. | |
| 紫荆 | Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis) | |
| 寒荆 | (polite) my wife (old) | |
| 荆棘载途 | lit. a path covered in brambles; a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom) | |
| 拙荆 | my wife (humble) | |
| 披荆斩棘 | lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles … |