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The character "蔷", primarily encountered in the modern compound "蔷薇" meaning "rose", has a history where its form and specific application have been refined. Its traditional counterpart, "薔", is constructed from the grass radical (艹) atop the component "嗇", which historically provided a phonetic clue but also carried an associative meaning of harvesting or storing grain, though this connection to the plant's identity is opaque. While the character itself is ancient, its standalone meaning was not consistently fixed to a single plant in early texts, sometimes appearing in names for other vegetation like the "薔虞" or in references to a type of grain. Over centuries, its usage stabilized almost exclusively within the term "蔷薇", solidifying its modern botanical reference, while the simplified form "蔷" altered the complex phonetic component "嗇" to "啬", a change that streamlined writing while maintaining the essential semantic link to plants through the preserved grass radical.
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墙角开满了蔷薇。
她最喜欢蔷薇的香气。
我在花园里种了蔷薇。
这丛蔷薇需要经常修剪。
蔷薇的刺小心别扎到手。
雨后蔷薇显得更加娇艳。
他精心培育的蔷薇获奖了。
那些攀爬的蔷薇构成了一幅生动的壁画。