玫瑰

méiguī · HSK 7

rose

🌹 玫 + 瑰 = two jade-gem characters reused for the flower; sounds like may-gway

Both 玫 and 瑰 carry the 王 (jade) radical and once named kinds of fine jade or beads; the pair was later borrowed to write the rose. The reading méiguī echoes may-gway.

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