qiáng

wall

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components
爿 sound component

  Sound component

pánqiáng

  

piece of wood

嗇 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

stingy

Depicts a building for storing grain.

Evolution

牆 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
牆 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
牆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
牆 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
牆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

qiáng

wall; CL:[miàn],[dǔ]

Most common words with 牆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

wall

墙壁

wall

城墙

city wall

围墙

fence

防火墙

firewall