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荊 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

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On
ケイけい · kei
Kun
いばらibara
Meaning
thorn; brier

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 刑 as phonetic: the low shrub covered in thorns.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 荊棘けいきょく

    thorns; hardship

  • 荊冠けいかん

    crown of thorns

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

荊棘(ばら)の道(みち)を長(なが)く歩(あゆ)んできた。

They have walked a thorny road for a long time.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

荊冠荊棘荊冠crown棘a thor…苅mow芥mustar…芭banana…芹Japane…芙lotus圭ceremo…珪silico…桂katsur…畦ridge…卿court…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading ケイAll maps

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