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| 荊 | |
ging1
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[a] thorns; brambles [b] rod; cane [c] (archaic) my wife nasal-stop alternant: 棘 [gik1]
Stroke count: 10
Level: 3
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| 荊 / 荆 | |
| This character was last edited on 8th Aug 2008 | |
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洋紫荊
joeng4 zi2 ging1 = bauhinia
紫荊花
zi2 ging1 faa1 = Bauhinia
荊棘
ging1 kik1 = thorny; in difficulty
負荊請罪
fu6 ging1 cing2 zeoi6 = to admit one's wrongs and ask for forgiveness
荊門
ging1 mun4 = Jingmen (city in Hubei) |
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Decimal representation of this word: 荊
Unicode code for this character: U+834a (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3033/]荊[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3033/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">荊</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 荊
Unicode code for this character: U+834a (off-site link)
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