荊

Kana: ケイ、いばら

Romaji: kei, ibara

Kana

Romaji

thorn, brier, whip

Stroke Count: 9

Radical Number: 18

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 2-3-6

Korean Reading: hyeong

Chinese Reading: jing1

Unicode: 834a

JIS: 3755

Nelson Index: 689

茨 (いばら、イバラ)

thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp

荊妻 (けいさい)

one's own wife

荊棘線 (ばらせん)

barbed wire

蔓荊 (はまごう、ハマゴウ)

beach vitex (Vitex rotundifolia); round-leaf vitex

荊冠 (けいかん)

crown of thorns

荊棘 (けいきょく、ばら)

wild rose; bramble; briar patch; thorn (used figuratively as an obstacle or source of difficulty)

棘 (おどろ)

briars; thicket; the bush