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薔
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蔷
🇨🇳

rose

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
qiáng
バ、ショウ、ショク、ソウ
みずたで
장, 색
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 嗇 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (薔)
艹 grass (top)+ 嗇 thrifty =
薔 rose
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
嗇 Phonetic component
thrifty
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Simplified (蔷)
艹 grass (top)+ 啬 miserly =
蔷 rose
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
啬 Phonetic component
sè miserly
miserly, thrifty
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
蔷
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蔷 / 薔 [qiáng]
wild rose
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
薔 しょう
Shou female given name
薔 しょうじ
Shouji unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (3)
蔷薇 [qiáng​wēi] #20,888
Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora)
蔷薇十字团 [qiáng​wēi​shí​zì​tuán]
the Rosicrucian order (masonic order)
蔷薇花蕾 [qiáng​wēi​huā​lěi]
rosebud
JAPANESE WORDS (28)
⭐ 素晴らしい [すばらしい] #1,766
wonderful
⭐ 薔薇 [ばら] #8,304
rose
⭐ バラ色 [バラいろ] #26,115
rose-colour
バラ園 [バラえん] #43,467
rose garden
野ばら [のばら] #83,017
wild rose
薔薇のつぼみ [ばらのつぼみ] #86,278
rosebud
つる薔薇 [つるバラ] #99,629
climbing rose
野薔薇 [のいばら] #127,940
multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
冬薔薇 [ふゆそうび] #130,877
winter rose
薔薇戦争 [ばらせんそう] #148,809
War of the Roses (1455-1485)
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
장미 #27,943
rose