荊〔荆〕 ging¹ {jīng}

1. chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)
2. alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty State of Chu 楚國

荊芥〔荆-〕 ging¹ gaai³ {jīng jiè}

schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine

荊棘〔荆-〕 ging¹ gik¹ {jīng jí}

1. thistles and thorns
2. brambles
3. thorny undergrowth

荊江〔荆-〕 ging¹ gong¹ {Jīng jiāng}

Jingjiang section of the Changjiang River 長江, Hunan

荊門〔荆门〕 ging¹ mun⁴ {Jīng mén}

Jingmen prefecture level city in Hubei

荊軻〔荆轲〕 ging¹ o¹ {Jīng Kē}

Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇)

荊山〔荆-〕 ging¹ saan¹ {Jīng shān}

1. Thorny mountain (several)
2. Mt Jingshan in Hubei

荊州〔荆-〕 ging¹ zau¹ {Jīng zhōu}

Jingzhou prefecture level city on Changjiang in Hubei

荊楚網〔荆-网〕 ging¹ co² mong⁵ {jīng chǔ wǎng}

IPTV (PRC media network)

荊門市〔荆门-〕 ging¹ mun⁴ si⁵ {Jīng mén shì}

Jingmen prefecture level city in Hubei

荊州區〔荆-区〕 ging¹ zau¹ keoi¹ {Jīng zhōu qū}

Jingzhou district of Jingzhou city 荊州市, Hubei

荊州市〔荆--〕 ging¹ zau¹ si⁵ {Jīng zhōu shì}

Jingzhou prefecture level city on Changjiang in Hubei

荊楚網視〔荆-网视〕 ging¹ co² mong⁵ si⁶ {jīng chǔ wǎng shì}

IPTV (PRC media network)

荊棘載途〔荆-载-〕 ging¹ gik¹ zoi³ tou⁴ {jīng jí zài tú}

1. lit. a path covered in brambles
2. a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom)

荊榛滿目〔荆-满-〕 ging¹ zeon¹ mun⁵ muk⁶ {jīng zhēn mǎn mù}

thorns and brambles as far as eye can see (idiom); beset by troubles