jīng
Traditional: 荊
荆 (jīng) is a Chinese word meaning “chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a chaste tree, used for punishment”.
Meanings
- 1chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
- 2(literary) cane or switch made from a chaste tree, used for punishment
Related words
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