| 荊 | 297C10 20S.00-2 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄐㄧㄥ [jing1] . [Var. of 荊] | ||
| N. | (1) Thorns, brambles. (2) A rod for flogging: 負荊請罪 apologize for wrongdoing. (3) One's own wife, from 荊釵 [jing1chai1]↓: 拙荊，山荊 my wife; 荊婦 [jing1fu4], 荊室 [jing1shi4]↓. (4) A surname. (5) 荊州 Jinggou, in Hupei. | |||||
| Words | 1. 荊釵 [jing1chai1], n., as in 荊釵布裙 a woman's plain dress (“thorns as hairpin and skirt made of coarse cloth”). 2. 荊柴 [jing1chai2], n., poor man's cottage. 3. 荊婦 [jing1fu4], n., my wife. 4. 荊芥 [jing1jie4], n., (bot.) Nepeta japonica. 5. 荊棘 [jing1ji2], n., & adj., thorns, -y: 荊棘業生 beset with difficulties. 6. 荊人 [jing1ren2], n., see [jing1fu4]↑. 7. 荊室 [jing1shi4], n., ditto. | |||||