荊 = 艹 + 刑

荊 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “thorns”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 刑 (punishment).

Keyword: thorns
Pinyin (Mandarin): jīng
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: шипы

Decomposition

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艹 grass
刑 punishment

How to find 荊 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “punishment”. 荊 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 荊 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.