荊	297C10   20S.00-2	部居	畫數  10	ㄐㄧㄥ [jing1] . [Var. of 荊]
N	(1)  Thorns, brambles. (2)  A rod for flogging: 負荊請罪 apologize for wrongdoing. (3)  One's own wife, from 荊釵 [jing1chai1]↓: 拙荊，山荊 my wife; 荊婦 [jing1fu4], 荊室 [jing1shi4]↓. (4)  A surname. (5)  荊州 Jinggou, in Hupei.
Words	1.荊釵 [jing1chai1], n., as in 荊釵布裙 a woman's plain dress (“thorns as hairpin and skirt made of coarse cloth”).  2.荊柴 [jing1chai2], n., poor man's cottage.  3.荊婦 [jing1fu4], n., my wife.  4.荊芥 [jing1jie4], n., (bot.) Nepeta japonica.  5.荊棘 [jing1ji2], n., & adj., thorns, -y: 荊棘業生 beset with difficulties.  6.荊人 [jing1ren2], n., see [jing1fu4]↑.  7.荊室 [jing1shi4], n., ditto.