thatching

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

次 sound component

  Sound component

  

second, next

Evolution

茨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
茨 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
茨 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

thatching; caltrop, Tribulus terrestris; Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)

Most common words with 茨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to thatch (a roof)

盖茨

Gates (name)

波茨坦

Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany

罗伯茨

Roberts

霍格沃茨

Hogwarts (Harry Potter)