1. 荆
  2. 棘

荆

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  1. 荆 is the 2546th most frequent character.
  2. 荆 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 荆 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 荆 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
荆 => 艹, 刑
Radical :
荆 => 艹 (grass), 一 (one), 廾 (N/A), 刂 (knife)
Graphical :
荆 => 艹, 一, 廾, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jing1 - chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)/alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty State of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 Guo2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 荆 (jing1): The component 刑 is pronounced as 'xing2'. It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

荆州 (荊州)
荆棘 (荊棘)
荆轲 (荊軻)

Medium Frequency

拙荆 (拙荊)
紫荆 (紫荊)
荆门 (荊門)
负荆请罪 (負荊請罪)

棘

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  1. 棘 is the 2864th most frequent character.
  2. 棘 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 棘 appears as a character in 4 words.
  4. 棘 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
棘 => 朿
Radical :
棘 => 棘 (N/A)
Graphical :
棘 => 棘

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ji2 - thorns

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 棘 (ji2): The component 朿 is pronounced as 'ci4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 棘 (ji2): The component 棘 is pronounced as 'ji2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

荆棘 (荊棘)

Medium Frequency

棘手 

Appears In:

棘 also appears in:
棘
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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