• 茨いばら — thorn / briar
• 茨城県いばらきけん — Ibaraki Prefecture
• 茨道いばらみち — thorny path
• 茨いばら の 冠かんむり — crown of thorns

The radical 艹 (“grass”) signals that the kanji relates to plants. The rest of the character represents thorns or overgrowth. It often implies something tangled or difficult — whether literally (like thorn bushes) or metaphorically (as in hardship).

庭にわに 茨いばらが 生はえています。
Thorn bushes are growing in the garden.

彼かれの人生じんせいは 茨道いばらみちでした。
His life was a thorny path.

茨城県いばらきけんには 美うつくしい海岸かいがんがあります。
Ibaraki Prefecture has beautiful coastlines.