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荊

See also: 荆
荊 U+834A, 荊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-834A
← 草
[U+8349] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 荋 →
[U+834B]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

  1. thorns
  2. brambles
  3. chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
  4. my wife
  5. cane

References edit

  • 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 edit

trad. 荊/荆
simp. 荆
alternative forms 𦮓
𭱧
𮏂
 
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Glyph origin edit

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 edit

"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 edit

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/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ging1
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 edit

荊

  1. chaste tree (Vitex); redbud (Cercis)
  2. (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
  3. (literary, humble) my wife
  4. Short for 荊州／荆州 (Jīngzhōu, “Jingzhou”).
  5. Short for 荊山／荆山 (Jīng Shān, “Mount Jing”).
  6. Alternative name for 楚 (chǔ, “the state of Chu in ancient China”).
  7. a surname

Usage notes edit

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 edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

荊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. thorn
  2. brier
  3. whip

Readings edit

Etymology edit

 
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Wikipedia ja
Kanji in this term
荊
いばら
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

See 茨.

Noun edit

荊(いばら) or 荊(イバラ) • (ibara) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 茨

Korean edit

Hanja edit

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

  1. thorns
  2. brambles
  3. my wife
  4. cane

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

荊: Hán Nôm readings: kinh

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References edit

  • vndic.net - 荊 kinh entry
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