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jīng

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jīng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jīng | jing1
English translation
thorns, brambles; surname

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About jīng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

jīng

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Etymology of jīng

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Positional decomposition

艹刑

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Words with jīng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
荆棘 jīng jí brambles荊棘
jīng chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus) jīng
荆州 Jīng zhōu Jingzhou prefecture-level city on Changjiang in Hubei荊州
披荆斩棘 pī jīng zhǎn jí to break through hardships披荊斬棘
紫荆 zǐ jīng Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)紫荊
负荆请罪 fù jīng qǐng zuì fig. to offer sb a humble apology負荊請罪
荆门 Jīng mén Jingmen prefecture-level city in Hubei荊門
荆轲 Jīng Kē 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 Qín Shǐ huáng )荊軻
荆州市 Jīng zhōu shì Jingzhou prefecture-level city on Changjiang in Hubei荊州市
荆江 Jīng jiāng Jingjiang section of the Changjiang River 長江|长江 ChángJiāng , Hunan荊江
荆门市 Jīng mén shì Jingmen prefecture-level city in Hubei荊門市
荆山 Jīng shān Mt Jingshan in Hubei荊山
荆州区 Jīng zhōu qū Jingzhou district of Jingzhou city 荊州市|荆州市 Jīng zhōu shì [Jīng​zhōu​shì], Hubei荊州區
问荆 wèn jīng field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)問荊
荆棘载途 jīng jí zài tú lit. a path covered in brambles荊棘載途

jīng Decomposition & Compounds

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