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Kanji Detail for 荊 - "chaste tree, bramble, rod, my wife, jingzhou"
荊
- Meaning
荊 means "chaste tree, bramble, rod, my wife, jingzhou."
Chaste tree - A deciduous shrub of the family Lamiaceae.
Bramble - A general term for thorny shrubs.
Rod - A whip; a switch.
My wife - A humble term for one's wife.
Jingzhou - One of the nine ancient provinces of China (used in compound 荊州).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
thorn; brier; whip
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
thorns; brambles; my wife; cane
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus); alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
thorns, brambles; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A shrub name. Short for 牡荊 (chaste tree). Four to five feet tall. Leaves are palmate compound leaves. Flowers are small. Color is purple tinged with yellow. Branches and trunks are firm and strong. Grows in clusters in fields. Sufficient to block roads. Such as saying 荊榛 (thorny thickets), 荊棘 (thorns and brambles), and the like. The Chu minister Shengzi met with Wu Ju. They spread 荊 on the ground to talk about old times. Appears in the Zuo Zhuan. Meaning to spread it flat for sitting on. Country dwellers use it to weave fences. Therefore wooden gates are also called 柴荊. Also named 楚 or 荊. The land of Chu got its name from the abundance of this plant. In ancient times it was used as a punishment cane. Those teaching also used it. Called 夏楚. The Records of the Grand Historian tells how Lian Po carried 荊 to Lin Xiangru's door to apologize. This is the meaning. | 紫荊 (Chinese redbud). Also a shrub. Thin trunk. Over one zhang tall. Leaves are elliptical with pointed tips. Flowers are light purple. Grow attached to branches. The Tian Zhen brothers have a story about dividing the 荊. Appears in "Qixie Ji." Therefore has continued to be used as a metaphor for brotherly harmony. | Referring to one's own wife as 荊. Such as 拙荊 (my humble wife), 荊室 (my wife). Han dynasty's Liang Hong's wife Meng Guang wore 荊 hairpin and hemp skirt. Calling one's wife 荊 may originate from this. | One of the nine ancient provinces. Now the lands of Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, and Guizhou. During Tang times, Jingzhou contained counties including Jiangling in Hubei. That is the area where the old Jingzhou Prefecture was established. Han Chaozong was the Administrator of Jingzhou. Li Bai wrote to him saying "I don't wish to be granted ten thousand households, but only hope to meet Han of Jingzhou." Therefore meeting someone for the first time is commonly called 識荊 (recognizing Jing). Based on this.
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