Chinese [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
A combination of the local name Chu (楚 ) with its Qin name Jing (荊 / 荆 ), derived from the ancient district of that name (荊州 / 荆州 ) which was used by Qin after the mid-3rd century BCE owing to a naming taboo related to its king Ying Zichu (嬴子楚 ), father of the First Emperor .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
荊
楚
Reading #
1/1
3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
jīng
chǔ
Middle Chinese
‹ kjæng ›
‹ tsrhjoX ›
Old Chinese
/*[k]reŋ/
/*s.r̥aʔ/
English
briar
name of a state
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
荊
楚
Reading #
1/1
1/2
No.
6851
11781
Phonetic component
井
疋
Rime group
耕
魚
Rime subdivision
0
0
Corresponding MC rime
驚
楚
Old Chinese
/*keŋ/
/*sŋ̊ʰraʔ/
Proper noun [ edit ]
荊楚
( historical ) Alternative name for 楚國 / 楚国 (Chǔguó ), the state of Chu in ancient China .
( literary ) the territory and cultural area of the former state of Chu , roughly corresponding with present-day Hubei