荊 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning

thorn, brier, whip

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ケイ

Kun (native)

• いばら

Other languages

• 拼音jing1
• 한글hyeong
• Hán-ViệtKinh

infoBasics

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

艸(くさ)

JIS level

Level 1

Unicode

U+834A

grid_viewComponents

• ノ
• 一いち
• 二に
• 刂りっとう
• 廾こまぬき
• 艹くさかんむり

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹刑

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 荊冠けいかんいばらの冠。特にキリストが十字架にかけられた際にかぶせられたいばらの冠。crown of thorns
• 荊妻けいさい自分の妻。one's own wife
• 荊棘けいきょくとげのある植物の総称。いばら。 いばらの生え、荒れた土地。 障害（邪魔）になるもの。wild rose, bramble, briar patch, obstacle
• 荊棘線ばらせんbarbed wire

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(5 results)

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-3-6

Four Corner

4240.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

2f7.3

Nelson

689