(jīng)

HSK 7-99 strokesTrad.

chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
jīng
Meaning
chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus); alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty state of Chu 楚国
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰⿱艹开刂

A plant 艹 armed with thorns 刂

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jīng
HSK 7-9

thistles and thorns

Open 荆棘 page →
wènjīng

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

Open 问荆 page →
hánjīng

(polite) my wife (old)

Open 寒荆 page →
zhuōjīng

my wife (humble)

Open 拙荆 page →

lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)

Open 披荆斩棘 page →
jīng

Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)

Open 紫荆 page →
jīngzhōu

see 荆州市

Open 荆州 page →

Jingzhou, a district of Jingzhou City 荆州市, Hubei

Open 荆州区 page →

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