懂中文 Dong Chinese

薔

qiáng

rose

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 嗇 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

嗇 sound component

嗇  Sound component

sè

  

stingy

Evolution

薔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
薔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蔷 (薔) 

qiáng

rose; wild rose

Most common words with 薔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蔷薇

Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora)

蔷

wild rose