荊

See also: 荆

荊	U+834A, 荊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-834A

← 草
[U+8349]

CJK Unified Ideographs

荋 →
[U+834B]

Translingual

Han character

荊 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿一廿弓 (TMTN), four-corner 4442₀, composition ⿱艹刑)

thorns
brambles
chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
my wife
cane

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1031, character 38
Dae Jaweon: page 1489, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 339, character 2
Unihan data for U+834A

Chinese

trad.		荊/荆
simp.		荆
alternative forms		𦮓𭱧𮏂

Wikipedia has an article on:

荊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (井) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
硎	kʰreːŋ, ɡeːŋ
耕	*kreːŋ
荊	*keŋ
井	*skeŋʔ
丼	kl'oːmʔ, skeŋʔ
妌	*sɡeŋʔ
穽	sɡeŋʔ, sɡeŋs
阱	sɡeŋʔ, sɡeŋs
汫	*sɡeːŋʔ
刑	*ɡeːŋ
形	*ɡeːŋ
邢	*ɡeːŋ
鉶	*ɡeːŋ
型	*ɡeːŋ
侀	*ɡeːŋ

Etymology

"shrub; alternative name of Chu": Cognate with Khmer ជ្រាំង (crĕəng, “to bristle”), Khmer ប្រែង (praeng, “bristle”) (Schuessler, 2007). The Chinese initial *k- could be a noun-forming prefix.
"(humble) my wife; poor": From the story of 荊釵布裙／荆钗布裙.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīng (jing¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn / kiâng
Eastern Min (BUC): gìng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): keng

(Teochew, Peng'im): gêng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jing
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹
  - Yale: jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jing
  - Palladius: цзин (czin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ging¹
  - Yale: gīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn / kiâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gin^ˊ / giang^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹ / giang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kin²⁴/, /ki̯aŋ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng
  - Tâi-lô: king
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: keng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: kjaeng

Rime
Character	荊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舉卿切
Baxter	kjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajŋ/
Li Rong	/kiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/kĭɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]reŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*keŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	荊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīng
Middle Chinese	‹ kjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]reŋ/
English	briar
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	荊
Reading #	1/1
No.	6851
Phonetic component	井
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	驚
Old Chinese	/*keŋ/

Definitions

荊

chaste tree (Vitex); redbud (Cercis)
(historical) rod for flogging made of chaste tree twigs
負荊請罪／负荆请罪 ― fùjīngqǐngzuì ― to offer someone a humble apology, requesting punishment and forgiveness
(literary, humble) my wife
Short for 荊州／荆州 (Jīngzhōu, “Jingzhou”).
Short for 荊山／荆山 (Jīng Shān, “Mount Jing”).
Alternative name for 楚 (chǔ, “the state of Chu in ancient China”).
a surname

Usage notes

The current standard in Mainland China, the Table of General Standard Chinese Characters (通用规范汉字表), does not mention any connection between 荊 and 荆 (jīng), which is reflected in A Dictionary of Current Chinese (现代汉语词典), Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) and Cihai (辞海 (Cíhǎi)).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

荊

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)
Kan-on: けい (kei)
Kun: いばら (ibara, 荊)、むち (muchi, 荊)

Etymology

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

荊

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji in this term
荊
いばら Hyōgai
kun'yomi

See 茨.

Noun

荊(いばら) or 荊(イバラ) • (ibara)

Alternative spelling of 茨

Korean

Hanja

荊 • (hyeong) (hangeul 형, revised hyeong, McCune–Reischauer hyŏng, Yale hyeng)

Vietnamese

Han character

荊: Hán Nôm readings: kinh

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References

vndic.net - 荊 kinh entry