荆 Strokes Write it Listen 荆 jīng thorns, brambles; surname HSK 7–9 9 strokes Radical 刂 Ideograph 1 word Built from艹cǎograss, weed, plant, herb开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin刂dāoknife How it worksA plant 艹 armed with thorns 刂.