蔾

A bramble or prickly climbing plant; vegetation that entangles or obstructs. Depending on context, it may signify wildness, neglect, or physical obstruction.

When distinguishing from other "thorny" or "climbing" plants:

• 荊 (jíng): Often carries symbolic, moral, or political weight (e.g., exile, hardship), whereas 蔾 is typically descriptive.
• 蔓 (màn): Emphasizes the creeping or spreading growth habit of a vine.
• 葛 (gě): Specifically kudzu or similar vines; emphasizes entanglement but lacks the "prickly" quality inherent to 蔾.

Readings indicated by Fanqie include lí (力脂) and xī (郎奚). The glyph is interchangeable with the variant 葽 (U+85DC).

Given the rarity of the glyph, if the botanical context appears incongruous with the surrounding ecology of the passage, consider the possibility of a scribal error for a more common plant name with a similar graphic structure.