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荊
简 荆 · 繁 荊Mandarin · pinyin jīng#
Meanings · jīng
- chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
- (literary) cane or switch made from a chaste tree, used for punishment
Mandarin · pinyin Jīng#
Meanings · Jīng
- an early name for the state of Chu 楚國 Chǔ guó
- surname Jing
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Cantonese word readings for 荊. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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- chaste tree (Vitex); redbud (Cercis)
- (historical) rod for flogging made of chaste tree twigs
- (literary, humble) my wife
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 荊州／荆州 (Jīngzhōu, “Jingzhou”)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 荊山／荆山 (Jīng Shān, “Mount Jing”)
- (alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 楚 (chǔ, “the state of Chu in ancient China”).
- a surname
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