Dong Chinese dictionary

qiáng

wall

Simplified form of 牆. Phonosemantic compound. 爿 represents the sound and 嗇 represents the meaning.

Components

tǔ

earth

Shorthand for the phonetic 爿 component in the traditional character 牆.

啬 Iconic component

sè

stingy

Depicts a building for storing grain.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

qiáng

wall; CL:面[miàn],堵[dǔ]

qiáng

variant of 牆|墙[qiáng], wall

Most common words with 墙

Sources