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荆
荊
jīng
1.
chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
2.
alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty State of Chu [[楚國|楚国<ChǔGuó>]]
Common • Top 11%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
寒荆
hánjīng
(polite) my wife (old)
荆芥
jīngjiè
schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine
荆轲
JīngKē
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]])
荆门
Jīngmén
Jingmen prefecture level city in Hubei
荆山
Jīngshān
Thorny mountain (several)
荆州
Jīngzhōu
Jingzhou prefecture level city on Changjiang in Hubei
荆棘
jīngjí
thistles and thorns
拙荆
zhuōjīng
my wife (humble)
荆江
Jīngjiāng
Jingjiang chapter of the Changjiang River [[長江|长江]], Hunan
识荆
shíjīng
It is a great honor to meet you.
紫荆
zǐjīng
Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)
荆门市
Jīngménshì
Jingmen prefecture level city in Hubei
荆州区
Jīngzhōuqū
Jingzhou district of Jingzhou city [[荊州市|荆州市<Jīngzhōushì>]], Hubei
荆州市
Jīngzhōushì
Jingzhou prefecture level city on Changjiang in Hubei
荆楚网
jīngchǔwǎng
IPTV (PRC media network)
洋紫荆
yángzǐjīng
Hong Kong orchid (Bauhinia blakeana)
负荆请罪
fùjīngqǐngzuì
lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom)
披荆斩棘
pījīngzhǎnjí
lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)
班荆相对
bānjīngxiāngduì
to treat sb with courtesy (idiom)
荆棘载途
jīngjízàitú
lit. a path covered in brambles
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,550
- Word Frequency Rank
- 9,328 of 84,292