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墙
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wall

HSK 10
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qiáng
ショウ
かき
장
Phonosemantic compound. 爿 represents the sound and 嗇 represents the meaning.
Components
Traditional (牆)
爿 half+ 嗇 thrifty =
牆 wall
爿 Phonetic component
pán half
half of tree trunk
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嗇 Iconic component
thrifty
Depicts a building for storing grain.
Simplified (墙)
土 earth+ 啬 miserly =
墙 wall
土 Simplified component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
Shorthand for the phonetic 爿 component in the traditional character 牆.
啬 Iconic component
sè miserly
miserly, thrifty
Depicts a building for storing grain.
Notes
Similar Characters
床 bed (simp)疒 sickness壯 robust (trad)妝 put on makeup (trad)將 commander (trad)戕 slay狀 state of affairs (trad)臧 right寐 sleep寢 get some shuteye (trad)寤 scarce墻 city-wall (trad)穡 farm (trad)薔 rose (trad)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
牆
Regular
Modern
Chinese
墙 / 牆 [qiáng]
wall; CL:面[miàn],堵[dǔ]
Japanese
垣 、 牆 (rare) 、 籬 (rare) かき 同音

noun

  1. fence; hedge; railing
  2. barrier; wall
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
この木のてっぺんは垣と同じ高さだ。
The top of this tree is level with the fence.
CHINESE WORDS (55)
墙壁 [qiáng​bì] #6,781
wall
城墙 [chéng​qiáng] #12,330
city wall
围墙 [wéi​qiáng] #12,527
perimeter wall
防火墙 [fáng​huǒ​qiáng] #9,595
firewall
墙角 [qiáng​jiǎo] #18,022
corner (junction of two walls)
墙纸 [qiáng​zhǐ] #16,345
wallpaper
幕墙 [mù​qiáng] #59,514
curtain wall (architecture)
人墙 [rén​qiáng] #44,626
wall (soccer)
墙头草 [qiáng​tóu​cǎo] #30,608
sb who goes whichever way the wind blows
爬墙 [pá​qiáng] #34,345
to climb a wall
45 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (8)
⭐ 障壁 [しょうへき] #9,304
enclosing wall
⭐ 垣 [かき] #23,876
fence
籬 [まがき] #70,159
roughly woven fence
仏跳牆 [ぶっちょうしょう]
Buddha Jumps Over the Wall (var. of shark fin soup)
兄弟牆に鬩ぐ [けいていかきにせめぐ]
to quarrel among friends (or siblings)
垣牆 [えんしょう]
hedge
築垣 [ついがき]
mud wall with a roof
胸墻 [きょうしょう]
parapet