蔷 (qiáng): (in 蔷薇) rose; wild rose

Meanings

院墙上爬满了盛开的蔷薇。

Yuànqiáng shàng pámǎn le shèngkāi de qiángwēi.

Climbing roses cover the courtyard wall in full bloom.

蔷薇有红、粉、白、黄等多种颜色。

Qiángwēi yǒu hóng, fěn, bái, huáng děng duō zhǒng yánsè.

Roses come in many colors: red, pink, white and yellow.

usage

A bound character occurring only in 蔷薇 (wild / climbing rose). Don't confuse it with the cut-flower rose 玫瑰 — same plant family, but different words.

radical

艹 cǎo

grass; plant (top radical)

Grass radical on top, cap-form of 草. It marks this as a plant name — here a flowering shrub. Same family as 薇 (its partner in 蔷薇), 花 flower, 草 grass.

phonetic

啬 sè

stingy; sparing

Bottom 啬 supplies the sound (sè → qiáng, a drifted link). It is purely a phonetic marker; 'stingy' has no bearing on this rose name.

蔷 qiáng