qiáng

rose

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

啬 sound component

  Sound component

  

stingy

Evolution

蔷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蔷 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
蔷 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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qiáng

rose; wild rose

Most common words with 蔷
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蔷薇

Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora)

wild rose