Kanji

荊

Meaning

thorn brier and whip

Readings

Kun'yomi

いばら thorny shrub

On'yomi

けいかん crown of thorns
けいさい one's own wife

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/9

Related Entries

Component Analysis

荊

thorn, brier, whip

いばら, ケイ

艹

( 艸 ) grass, radical number 140

刑

punish, penalty, sentence...

开

( 幵 ) open, initiate, begin...

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

廾

twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)

にじゅう, キョウ, ク

十

とお, と, ジュウ

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

十

とお, と, ジュウ

刂

( 刀 ) knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)

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