荊

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

• KangXi: 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

"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.

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

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)).

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. thorn
2. brier
3. whip

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

See 茨.

荊(いばら) • (ibara) 

1. Alternative spelling of 茨

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

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

荊: Hán Nôm readings: kinh

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• vndic.net - 荊 kinh entry