Chinese Character 荆 Meanings and components.
Form
荆
Meaning
- 荆 meaning[3] in English
Chaste Tree Or Berry (Vitex Agnus-Castus).
Alternative Name For The Zhou Dynasty State Of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 Guo2].
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 荆 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (茾) , and 'knife' radical in … (刂)
Its radical[1] is: 艸 (cao3) which means: Variant Of 草[Cao3], .艸
In cangjie it is written with TTLN
How to write 荆
To write荆 you should write a combination of 茾 , 刂 arranged in a 吅 shape:
茾 + 刂 = 荆
荆 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 荆 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 荆, looks as follow:
荆
Pinyin:jing1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Chaste Tree Or Berry (Vitex Agnus-Castus) . Alternative Name For The Zhou Dynasty State Of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 Guo2]
茾
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
开
Pinyin:kai1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Open . To Start . To Turn On . To Boil . To Write Out (A Prescription, Check, Invoice Etc) . To Operate (A Vehicle) . Carat (Gold) . Abbr. For Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 Er3 Wen2] . Abbr. For 開本|开本[Kai1 Ben3], Book Format