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荊

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: gêng1
POJ: keng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: chaste tree, thorny shrub
荊

The Wiktionary entry lists many divergent senses for this bound character (chaste tree/plant, rod for flogging, humble term for one's wife, place-name abbreviation, alternate name for the state of Chu, a surname) with no sense-specific Teochew reading to disambiguate which is intended.

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