墻
qiáng HSK2

wall

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

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
嗇
嗇 Sound component
stingy

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

墙 qiáng wall Simplified

Simplified form of 牆. Phonosemantic compound. 爿 represents the sound and 嗇 represents the meaning.

Components

土
土 Simplified component
tǔ earth

Shorthand for the phonetic 爿 component in the traditional character 牆.

啬
啬 Iconic component
sè stingy

Depicts a building for storing grain.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode