The Chinese Radical: 艹


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Meaning
grass, plant    艹

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
vegetable
cài
Top: plant , below: to pluck (A hand plucks from above at a tree .)
Plants you can pluck from above from a 'tree', are the vegetables.  
JLPT HSK 1
tea, tea plant
chá
From top: plant , person and a tree
The plant (the leafs), which are plucked by a person from a tree, is tea.  
JLPT HSK 1
apple, (artemisia), duckweed
píng
At top: plant , below: flat, equal (Here: see as an image of an apple tree with big top and two apples)
This plant looks like an apple tree.  
JLPT HSK 2
medicine, drug, cure
yào
Top: plant , bottom: promise, treaty (The thread 糹/ at the ladle reminds to the promise.)
This plant gives the promise to be: medicine.  
JLPT HSK 2
to understand, to know
dǒng
Left: feelings , right: supervise, director 董 (To make plants heavy , they must be supervised/monitored.) [heavy = A vehicle 車/ with double wheels is for heavy loads.]
Only if you can supervise (control) your feelings, you will understand.  
JLPT HSK 2
together, common, general
gòng
Top: plant , bottom: table
Put the plants on the table: together.  
JLPT HSK 3
grass, straw
cǎo
Top: plant/grass , below: early, fast (When the sunrise is at the mark at the horizon , it is early in the morning.)
The plant that grows fast, is grass.  
JLPT HSK 3
flower, blossom
huā
Top: plant , bottom: change (... from a standing to a sitting person)
A plant that changes (when blooming) is the: flower.  
JLPT HSK 3
full, filled, packed, completely
mǎn
Left: water , right: grass/plants , pair/both (Two connected persons are inside , thus both.)
Water and plants, both can make (your stomach) full.  
JLPT HSK 3
blue, indigo plant
lán
Top: plant , below: supervise (For the cut bamboo [=knife & half bamboo ] is a bowl for its supervision)
This plant is cut like bamboo and dyes/stains in a bowl into: blue.  
JLPT HSK 3
joint (of bamboo), node, section, festival
jié
Top: grass/plant , bottom: (This is typically a 'bent person', but here image of a node of bamboo's stem)
This grass (=bamboo ) has a stem with nodes, like joints.  
JLPT HSK 3
banana
jiāo
Top: plant , below: burnt (bird , fire [here: image of hanging bananas])
The plant only birds can reach with the hanging fruits is: the banana.  
JLPT HSK 4
outstanding, to make known, to prove, to write(book)
zhù
Top: plant , below: person (old man in the sun )
Under the plant is a person, who is an outstanding writer.  
JLPT HSK 4
art, skills, talent, craft

Top: plant , below: at second position (Two written quickly without lifting the pen.)
Plants can at the second position also be seen as art.  
JLPT HSK 4
to fall, to drop (behind), decline
là, lào, luò, luō
Top: plant , bottom: 洛 (water and each [= Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody])
Plants (their leaves) and water-(drops), they all fall down.  
JLPT HSK 4
to abandon, to relinquish, to discard, to throw away

Top: 'new born baby' (Character for child , but turned upside down: the baby at birth comes first), bottom: grass, plant (here exceptionally not as two hands )
The new born baby in the grasses is abandoned.  
JLPT HSK 4
bitter, hardship, pain, to suffer

Top: plant , below: old (Pictogram of a tomb stone)
Plants (or herbs) that are old, taste bitter.  
JLPT HSK 4
to catch, to capture, to reap, to harvest, to obtain
huò
Top: plant , bottom: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), dog
(When using sticks as a trap) With plants wild animals or dogs can be caught.  
JLPT HSK 4
grapes, Portugal

Top: plant , below: 匍 (enwrap , just now ) [= A hand for holding an item is what I need just now]
The plants that wrap something for the "just now" (not storable) are the grapes.  
JLPT HSK 4
grapes
táo
Top: plant , below: package (wrap , can [lid and can opener of that can ])
A plant where it is like "wrapped in a can" are the grapes.  
JLPT HSK 5
to respect, to venerate, to salute, to offer
jìng
Left: thoughtless 苟 (Using plants for wrapping a present is thoughtless.) cf: sentence , right: strike 攵/ [hand with a stick ]
When a plant speaks a sentence and has a stick in the hand, it is respected.  
JLPT HSK 5
casting mold, pattern, model, example
fàn
Here: image of the casting mold with casting channels , casting material and casting model
Through the casting channels the molten material flows in the model of the casting mold.  
JLPT HSK 5
to hide away, to conceal, to harbor, depository
cáng, zàng
Top: plant , below: 臧 (fragment 爿, official , halberd )
The plant is the fragment that the official with the halberd is hiding away.  
JLPT HSK 5
to manage, nourishment, army, camp
yíng
From top: plant/grass (here: field camp), cover (= tent), two mouths
You need plants/grass and tents for the many mouths, when: managing the noutrition of the army.  
JLPT HSK 5
meager, slight, weak, belittle, to look down on
bó, báo, bò
Top: plant , below: extensive (The water announces that it is extensively widespread) [announce = right now with a skillful hand , cf.搏])
When plants are in the water they stay right now and despite skillful hands: meager and weak.  
JLPT HSK 5
brave, United Kingdom, England
yīng
Top: plant , below: center (The yoke on the shoulders of the big man is centered)
The plant in the center is brave, England too.  
JLPT HSK 5
thriving, prosperous, booming, glory
róng
Top: plant (here: a lot of green), bottom: cover , tree
If there are 'lots of green' as the cover of a tree, it is: thriving.  
JLPT HSK 5
sprout, seedling, vaccine
miáo
Top: plant , below: field
(The tiny sprouts look like grass:) The 'grass' on the field are actually the seedlings.  
JLPT HSK 5
hey!, why?, look out!, How dare you!
āi
Left: mouth , right: phonetic "āi" 艾 (like AIDS 艾滋病)
From the mouth an "āi" as interjection of surprise "hey!"  
JLPT HSK 5
to recommend, grass, straw mat
jiàn
Top: plant, grass , bottom: exist 存 (With this talent the child can exist.)
Grass exists and [I recommend its use] as a straw mat.  
JLPT HSK 5
to struggle, toil, work, become exhausted
láo
From above: growing plant , cover (here: top layer), strength
(Reclaiming the land:) To transform the growing plants into a flat top layer requires strength and that: you struggle.  
JLPT HSK 5
vegetables
shū
Top: gras, plant , bottom: scatter, sparse 疏 (It is correct , that newborn babies [= child upside down & amniotic fluid ] scatter sparsely.)
The plants that are scattered are the (eatable) vegetables.  
JLPT HSK 5
wide, broad, spaciousm, lenient
kuān
Top: roof , below: 苋 (plant , see /見 (An eye on legs = looking around)
From the roof, the plants, which I can see are (everywhere): widely and broadly.  
JLPT HSK 6
to wash, to squander, to sweep away, dissolute
dàng
Top: grass, plant , bottom: soup (Water is turned by warming sunrays into: a soup.)
(There are organic laundry detergents.) When you take plants to make a 'soup' you can use it for washing.  
JLPT HSK 6
stem (of fruit or flower)

Top: plant , bottom: emperor (He stands and is covered with cloth )
The plant has an 'imperial' part: the stem.  
JLPT HSK 6
uncertain, vast, without clear boundary, hazy
máng
Top: grass , bottom: 汒 (water , dead [coffin in cross section])
Either the grass (smoking) or the water will let us die, which is uncertain.  
JLPT HSK 6
to seem, like, as, if
ruò
Top: plant , below: right (= The hand that feeds the mouth )
The plant to the right seems "as if".  
JLPT HSK 6
to store up, to grow (eg. a beard)

Top: plant , bottom: livestock, breeding 畜 (The mysterious field is used to raise livestock [because it is not sufficiently fertile for grain crops]) [mysterious = = thread at which a mysterious magnet 磁 hangs]
Plants for raising livestock have to be grown & stored.  
JLPT HSK 6
negative, nobody, do not, there is none who

The sunset is shown: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.) (Please note that sunrise is: and )
The sunset is perceived negatively.  
JLPT HSK 6
to bury (the dead), to inter
zàng
From top: plant , death (If already under the earth the bones of a sitting person are, this means to die.), plant
Between plants the dead is buried.  
JLPT HSK 6
to cover, to shield, to conceal, to screen

Top: grass/plant , bottom: shabby, (humble) I (The cloth is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.)
On the lawn, four bits of cloth are (spread) with the stick in the hand: As a cover.  
JLPT HSK 6
uncultivated, desolate, shortage, scarce
huāng
Top: plant , below: 巟 (dead (coffin in cross-section), river
The plants die and because of the river it becomes uncultivated.  
JLPT HSK 6
firewood, fuel, salary
xīn
Top: plant , below: new 新 (From a standing tree your axe makes someting new.)
(All) plants and also standing trees are made with the axe to: firewood.  
JLPT HSK 6
club-awn (=grey hair grass), tip (of a blade)
máng
Top: plant/grass , below: death
The plant for (wrapping) the dead, was the club-awn.  
JLPT HSK 6
luxuriant, luxuriant nature, voluptuous
mào
Top: plant , below: (halberd with additions)
Plants are cut/mowed with halberds for a luxuriant nature.  
JLPT HSK 6
to supervise, to direct, director
dǒng
Top: plant , below: double, heavy (vehicle 車/ with double wheels )
(Breeding success is labor-intensive:) To make plants heavy, they must be supervised.  
JLPT HSK 6
to steam (cooking), sultry, to evaporate
zhēng
From top: plant , water between two boundaries (= a steaming pot), fire
For (cooking the) plants is this water between the boundaries, when from below the fire heats: the steam.  
JLPT HSK 6
to deceive, cheat, hoodwink, unconscious
mēng, méng, měng
From top: plant , cover , one , pig
Under the plants and under the cover there shall be a/one pig? You deceiver!  
JLPT HSK 6
disheveled, unkempt, overgrown, vigorous, fleabane
péng
Top: grass/plant , bottom: to encounter (The movements of a bee 蜂 [=insect of peak of growing plant] (from blossom to blossom) mean: to encounter.)
The plant which you often encounter (because it is overgrown /disheveled) is: the fleabane.  
JLPT HSK 6
to conceal from, to keep (sb) in the dark
mán
Left: eye , right: grass/plant ; pair, both (Two connected persons are inside , thus both.)
(Out of the sight of the) eyes, both are below/inside the grass to conceal sth.  
JLPT HSK 6
belittle, ignore, nothing
miè
From top: grass/plant , eye 罒 (With the pupil ロ in the center), garrison (= The persons (= & ) at the halberds )
(When crossing the border illegally, you need to crawl lying flat.) If your eyes are below the grass, the garrison will neglect you, but also might despise you.  
JLPT HSK 6
to revive, awake, (Chinese basil)

Top: plant/grass , bottom: deal with/manage (When the power is supported from both sides, then it is dealt with.)
(very invigorating?) This plant can manage that you are revived.  
JLPT HSK 6
inner strength, contain/collect, accumulate, hold in store
yùn
Top: grass , bottom: 缊 (thread 纟/, sun , bowl )
The grass has fibers/threads which, when viewed in light, are the bowl for inner strength.  
JLPT HSK 6
stem, stalk
jīng
Top: plant , below: vertical (A hand is vertically above the ground .)
The plant has a vertical part, namely the: stem.  
JLPT HSK 6
sprout, bud

Top: plant , bottom: tusk (elephant's head with a tusk )
Both plants and tusks grow from a sprout.  
JLPT HSK 6
wither, spiritless
wēi, wěi
Top: plant , bottom: to entrust (Rice plants can women be entrusted.)
The plants I entrusted you, are (all) withered.  
JLPT HSK 6
turnip, creeper, to spread, tendrilled vine
mán, màn, wàn
Left: plant , right: handsome (.. when the sun shines on the eyes 罒 with long eyelashes )
A plant that is handsome is: the spreading turnip.  
JLPT HSK 6
sprout, to bud, germinate, seed
méng
Top: plant , buttom: bright, clear 明
For a plant it is like "sun and moon", when the seed sprouts.  
JLPT HSK 6
thoughtless, negligent, careless, if indeed
gǒu
Top: plant ; bottom: sentence (wrapped mouth [here: a present])
Using plants for wrapping a present is: thoughtless and negligent.  
JLPT HSK 6
dark blue, deep green, ash-gray, aged, housefly
cāng
Top: grass , below: warehouse (Under the pointed roof is a roll of cloth in the warehouse)
Grass grows on the warehouse: It is dark blue and aged.  
JLPT HSK 6
mold, mildew, germ, bacteria, fungus
jūn, jùn
Top: plant , bottom: 囷 (enclosure , rice plant )
Plants enclosed like this rice plant will be affected by mold.  
JLPT HSK 6
resplendent, luxuriant, Artemisia japonica
wèi, yù
Top: plant/grass , bottom: military officer (This buttocks shows his skillful hand as an officer.)
Plants that have the 'rank of an officer' are resplendent.  
JLPT HSK 6
deep & clear water, confident and at ease
xiāo
Left: water , right: mugwort 萧 (grass, plant , respectful 肃 (hand writing four lines), here: Hand with stick , stirring sth.)
(The broth is thin:) The water with a few grasses, which the hand stirs, appears deep and clear.  
JLPT HSK 6
bud
lěi
Top: plant , bottom: thunder 雷 (Rain falls on the fields amidst thunder.)
At the plants appear (as sudden as) a thunder: the buds.  
JLPT HSK 6
to chatter, gossip, nag
láo
Left: mouth , right: to struggle 劳 (To transform the growing plants into a flat top layer requires strength and that you struggle)
For the mouth it is a struggle to chatter.  
JLPT HSK 6
friendly, amiable, kindly, nice
ǎi
Top: plant , bottom: to visit (a superior) 谒 (Words of an interrogation during a questioning) [interrogation = The mouth with tongue enwraps the person in the corner at the interrogation.]
(There are flowers in the interrogation room:) If there is a plant during the words of an interrogation, it is: friendly.  
JLPT HSK 6
to despise, small, variant of 渺
miǎo
Top: plant , bottom: 貌 (hairy animal or var. of pig weiß , Beine )
In the plant is a hairy animal, white with legs: I despise it.  
JLPT no HSK
luxuriant (plant growth), Philippines 菲律宾
fēi
Top: grass , bottom: not/denial (opposing wings )
Grass is often denied (= rejected) because it grows too luxuriant.  
JLPT no HSK
luster of gems
yíng
From top: grass , cover , jade
In the grass is covered a 'jade' with: the luster of gems.  
JLPT no HSK
shade
yìn
Top: grass , bottom: moon, rearside, Yin 阴 (The hill is on its "moon-side" shady, thus the: Yin)
Only grass can grow at the "moon"-side of the hill: in the shade.  
JLPT no HSK
kudzu (edible bean), twiner-plant, entanglement
gé, gě
Top: Plant/grass , below: interrogation (=The mouth with tongue enwraps the person in the corner at the interrogation.)
The plant with the tendrils, like the tangles in an interrogation is the: kudzu-bean.  
JLPT no HSK
duckweed
píng
Top: plant , bottom: 泙 (water , flat, equal )
The plant that is on the water drifting flatly is the: duckweed.  
JLPT no HSK
thick weeds, luxuriant growth, impertinent
mǎng
From top: plant , dog (The big man holds in his arms: a dog ), plant
If a dog can hide in these grasses, it is thick weeds.  
JLPT no HSK
lotus
lián
Top: growing plant , below: link, combine (Vehicles /車 and 'movement' are linked.)
The plant (which floats on the water), but is connected (to the ground) is the: lotus.  
JLPT no HSK
to thatch (a roof), Caltrop or puncture vine

Top: plant , below: next/following (ice is lacking [yawning person], what comes next?)
When a plant is the "next" to each other [= they lie close adjacent], this is a thatched roof.  
JLPT no HSK
radish, turnip, creeping plant
luó
Top: plant , bottom: to sift (with the net 罒 to sift until evening )
The plants that need to be sift are the radish/turnip.  
JLPT no HSK
mattress, a cushion, Skimmia japonica
yīn
Top: plant , bottom: reason, cause (For the fence around the tall person is a reason.)
Plants have the reason (= purpose) to be used as: a mattress.  
JLPT no HSK
tangle of vines, rattan, cane
téng
Top: plant , below: (body , border guard (person with high lifted arms and two barrier bars ), water
Plants that pull themselves up on bodies, like raised arms of a security guard and need water are: the climbing vines.  
JLPT no HSK
lotus
róng
Left: plant , right: appearance (The houses in the valley have an appearance.)
(With the big pink blossom:) The plant for your good appearance is: The lotus.  
JLPT no HSK
fragrant
fāng
Top: plant , below: direction, square
(Fragrance spread by the wind) When plants act in one direction, they are fragrant.  
JLPT no HSK
Bodhisattva, enlightenment, Buddhist god

Top: grass, plant , bottom: hill , and produce (standing on the cliff )
Over the plants and the hills, I am standing on a cliff: with the buddhistic enlightenment.  
JLPT no HSK
Bodhisattva

Top: grass, plant , bottom: spit (stand with open mouth and spit)
Under plants, he stands up and opens his mouth: Bodhisattva.  
JLPT no HSK
water-chestnut (caltrop)
líng
Top: grass, plant , bottom slowly, dawdle (Who walks over the earth with legs that are crossed , is dawdling.)
The plant that dawdles (when growing?) is the water-chestnut.  
JLPT no HSK
to carry on shoulder or back, burden, lotus
hé, hè
Top: plant , bottom: "what" 何? (Two persons , carrying a load with that bar
For the transport of the plants the two persons use their shoulders to carry that load.  
JLPT no HSK
wormwood like grass (classical)
xuē
Top: grass , bottom: anal penetration, torture (buttock from the side , anus , needle as symbol for penetration or torture)
Made of plants and aggressive like torture: The wormwood (absinthe)  
JLPT no HSK
park, pasture, garden
yuàn
Left: plant , right: (evening , slumped person )
With the plants he stayed until the evening when he slumped, in the: park.  
JLPT no HSK
surname Cai
cài
Top: plant /grass , bottom: sacrifice (The body / is put by hand on the altar as a sacrifice)
Plants are sacrificed by the family: Cai.  
JLPT no HSK
oriole or warblers
yīng
Top: grass , below: cover and bird 鸟/
In the grass are covered these birds: the oriole or warbler.  
JLPT no HSK
leek, scallion, green onion
cōng
From top: Grass, plant , 怱 (= hurry 匆 and heart ) [hurry 匆 = When packing the suitcase, the wrapped long things (= pants) got wrinkles because I was in a hurry)]
The plant that is in a hurry (= grows quickly) and is closest to my heart is the leek.  
JLPT no HSK
crime, sin, disaster, evil
niè
Top: 薛 (grass , anal penetration, torture (buttock from the side , anus , needle as symbol for penetration or torture), bottom: child
In the grass, anal penetration with a child is a: crime.  
JLPT no HSK
reed, rush, hurry

Left: growing plant , right: sliding door 戸
The plant (for building) a sliding door is the reed, where you can then rush through.  
JLPT no HSK
jasmine

Top: plant , bottom: profit, favorable (Harvesting rice plants with a knife is favorable and brings profit.)
The plant that brings profit is: jasmine.  
JLPT no HSK
(crystal), lustrous
yīng
Left: king/jade , right: brave, England 英 (The plant in the center is brave.)
The jade that is 'brave' is lustrously.  
JLPT no HSK
chrysanthemum

From top: plant , 匊 (wrap , rice )
The plant that is first wrapped and then blossoms like the hanzi for rice is: the chrysanthemum.  
JLPT no HSK
Jiang (family name), refers to Chiang Kai-shek
jiǎng
Top: grass , bottom: commander (A simple bed , a hand reaching down and a skillful hand : This is a commander.)
Where formerly only grass grew, he became the commander: Chiang Kai-shek  
JLPT no HSK
fragrance, perfume
fēn
Top: grass , bottom: to divide (... with the sword in 8 pieces)
(The smell of freshly mown grass:) When grass is divided, it causes fragrance.  
JLPT no HSK
severe, pitiless, harsh, exacting

Top: grass/plant , bottom: possibility (The nail into the opening should be possible.)
If in the grass, someone (shall find) a nail only with his mouth, you are severe and pitiless to him.  
JLPT no HSK
Indian madder, Rubia cordifolia, munjeet
qiàn
西
Top: plant , bottom: west 西 (sun moves below horizon at sunset in the west)
The plant with the red (= the afterglow at sunset at the west) is the Indian madder .  
JLPT no HSK
common rue (Ruta graveolens), books and libraries
yún
Top: plant , bottom: cloud (It can drip from both , namely from noses or: clouds)
A plant that spreads like a cloud (through the twisting shoots) is the rue/bean.  
JLPT no HSK
moss, lichen, coating
tāi, tái
Top: plant , bottom: platform, rack (nose over the mouth )
The plant on platforms is the: moss.  
JLPT no HSK
wick, core, lamp pith
xīn
Plant , heart
The plant's "heart" (= inner fibers) is its core and suitable as a wick.  
JLPT no HSK
banana

Top: plant , bottom: to hope (Behind the doorknob you may hope.)
The plant you are hopeing for is: The banana.  
JLPT no HSK
eggplant
qié
Top: plant , bottom: to add (For getting power your mouth needs sth. to be 'added' [= to eat])
(There is still space in the garden) The plant, we should add is: the eggplant.  
JLPT no HSK
thistles and thorns
jīng
Above: plant , bottom: punishment (Who openly uses his knife is punished.)
The plant, that can punish, are the thorns of the thistle.  
JLPT no HSK
Osmunda regalis, a species of fern
wēi
Top: grass , bottom: tiny 微 (Go on the mountain to the one table and smash 攵 it into tiny pieces.)
The plant that is tiny is this fern.  
JLPT no HSK
kind of sedge grass, katydid (family Tettigoniidae)
shā, suō
Left: growing plant , right: sand, gravel 沙 (In [unclear] water is always a little sand.)
A plant for sandy (grounds) is this: sedge grass.  
JLPT no HSK
reed, rush, Phragmites communis
wěi
Top: plant , right: leather (Two layers are separated with special sword to make leather)
The plant that is cut in a bundle (in a pair of two ) with the knife is the: reed.  
JLPT no HSK
overgrown with weeds, wilderness

Top: plant , bottom: denial (Legs crossed out twice as denial)
With plants and a denial: the wilderness.  
JLPT no HSK
bottle-gourd, calabash, allium scorodoprasum

Top: plant , below: beard, non-Han-person (Like old flesh / are the beards of the non-Han people.)
(The skin can be used as a drinking-vessel.) The plant where the 'old body' is used: The bottle-gourd.  
JLPT no HSK
miserable, desolate, dreary, Chinese mugwort
xiāo
Top: plant , bottom: respectful 肃 (here: hand with spoon stiring a "soup")
The plant for making a "soup", is the medicine mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), used when you feel miserable.  
JLPT no HSK
to stop or cut short, phonetic "ai", like AIDS 艾滋病
ài
Top: plant , bottom: cross
When the plants are (cut) cross-like on each other, it means "end" as in AIDS.  
JLPT no HSK
stamen, pistil
ruǐ
3
Top: plant , bottom: 惢
The plant has its 3 hearts in the stamen.  
JLPT no HSK
mushroom

Top: plant , bottom: paternal aunt 姑 (the woman who is old )
The plants (collected) by the old women, are the: mushrooms.  
JLPT no HSK
luxuriant, lush, leek flower
jīng
Top: plant , bottom: green, blue, young (Growing plants appear in the moonshine blue and young.)
A plant hat is green and young, is: luxuirant.  
JLPT no HSK
hesitate, indecisive
chú
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: outstanding 著 (Under the plant is a person , who is an outstanding writer.)
When the foot (shall go) over the plants, the person is hesitating.  
JLPT no HSK
fluffy, hairy, confused, luxuriant growth
róng
Top: plant , bottom: ear
The 'plants' at the ear are fluffy hair.  
JLPT no HSK
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot)
lái
Top: growing plant , bottom: to come (Because of ten grains of rice , I shall come?)
(This weed) is a plant that always comes again, it is the: 'fat hen'  
JLPT no HSK
potato, yam
shǔ
Top: plant , bottom: government office 署 (The eyes 罒 above the persons are a government office.)
(Potatoes are harvested with a rake [here: 罒 net], which is used to furrow the ground.) The plant that is (harvested) with the rake of a person is the: potato.  
JLPT no HSK
a glimmer, twinkling, fluorescence, dazzled
yíng
From above: plant , cover , fire
If plants are a cover for the fire, it appears glimmering.  
JLPT no HSK
firefly, glow-worm
yíng
From top: plant, grass , cover , insect
The grass covers this insect: the firefly.  
JLPT no HSK
garlic
suàn
Top: plant , bottom: 2x to show
(Think of its smell when both: eating and farting) The plant that shows twice is the garlic.  
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by means of, to insult, sleeping mat
jí, jiè
Top: grass, plant , bottom: rely on, plow 耤 (tree with many branches ), right: old days
It is growing the plant as a tree with many branches if in old days (=before), the plow furrows were done. This is by means of them.  
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gather, assemble, collect, dense, grassy
cuì
Top: grass, plant , below: soldier, suddenly (Between rotary discs , are soldiers who die suddenly.)
(with good camouflage) From the plants, the soldiers can suddenly come together.  
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mushroom

Top: plant , bottom: to polish, sharpen 磨 (With hemp stones can be polished.)
This plant grows at the hemp and looks like a stone: the mushroom.  
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to eat, (extended meaning) to endure

Left: plant , right: as such (Women's mouths are as such.)
The plant is taken by the woman with the mouth, when: Eating.  
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a fence (for defense), a pale, border, vassal state
fān
Top: plant , below: water for rinsing 潘 (water , foreign (The modified rice [= rice with emphasis ] on the field is foreign.)
Plants or water can be against the foreign, a fence or border.  
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sesame (seed)
zhī
Top: plant , bottom: variant of plant (suggestion: as a zigzag path)
A plant that is also grows along paths is: sesame.  
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lotus (=芙蓉), Hibiskus

Top: grass, plant , bottom: husband (The big person with the extra-caring arms is the husband.)
The plant, the husband brings, is: lotus.  
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sunflower
kuí
Top: plant , bottom: tenth of 10 heavenly trunks 癸 (vulcano , sky, heaven )
The plant with a flower like a volcano that grows towards the sky is: the sunflower.  
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cocoon, callus
jiǎn
Top: plant, grass , bottom: insect
At the plant (hangs) an insect in form of: a cocoon.  
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reeds, rushes [BOT.]
máo
Top: grass , bottom: barbed spear/lance
Grass as long as a barbed spear is: reeds.  
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luxuriant, flourishing, to reproduce, to proliferate
fán
Top: growing plant , below: foreign (The modified rice [= rice with emphasis ] on the field is foreign.)
Plants that are foreign (invasive species) are particularly flourishing.  
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benzol (chemistry), benzene
běn
Top: plant , bottom: origin (The tree comes out of the roots as origin and becomes a book.)
Plants are the origin of: benzol.  
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(surname Xun)
xún
Top: plant , bottom: 10-days period (When the sun is enwrapped (by clouds), then often for a duration of 10 days)
Phonetic = xún in the family name .  
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python
mǎng
Left: insect , right: thick weeds 莽 (If a dog can hide in the grasses ,, it is thick weeds.)
The 'insect' in the thick weed, that (eats) the dog is: the python.  
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bullrush, divers reed grasses

Top: growing plant , below: (water , just now [(A hand for holding an item is what I need just now)])
The plant from the water, I just need is this: reed grass.  
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Chinese celery
qín
Top: plant , bottom: axe
The plant that is (harvested) with an axe is: the celery.  
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(fragrant plant)
quán
Top: grass, plant , bottom: all, every (The person of the king means all)
The plant everybody senses is: fragrant.  
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stubble land after crop has been taken, an opportunity
chá
Top: plant , bottom: to exist, (located) at 在 (The talents on earth exist in doing ...) [talent = when the big man balances on one foot.]
(New) plants can exist here: on the stubble land.  
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flower calyx, petal, bud, luxuriant, profuse
bāo
Top: plant , below: enwrap (The wrap itself makes it to be wrapped.)
At the plants the 'enwrapping' are the flower calyx.  
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litchi

Top: plant , bottom: 劦 (3x force )
The plant with the triple power is the: litchi.  
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seaweed, aquatic grasses, elegant
zǎo
Top: plant , bottom: bath 澡 (in the water you assemble for a bath.) [assemble = three beaks of birds assembled in a tree ]
Plants that are assembled in the water is: seaweed.  
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wind around
yíng
From top: plant , cover , thread
A plant that covers (the ground) is like a thread that is: winding around.  
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root of lotus
ǒu
Top: plant , bottom: 耦 (tree with many branches ), scorpion (carapace , insect and long legs )
The plant with the many branches at the scopions is: the roots of lotus.  
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(flower) bud
bèi
Top: plant, grass , bottom: (two, three ..)-fold 倍 (The persons spit many-fold.)
The plant multiplies with the bud.  
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thistle, common sowthistle, bitter (taste), cruel

Top: plant , bottom: excess, remain (A heap is still on the altar , thus in excess.)
(The cattle do not eat it:) The plant that remains is: the thistle.  
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wild rose
qiáng
Top: plant , below: stingy (here: squeeze in [A husband between persons (=2x; cf:薔) is squeezed] and rotate )
(due to its thorns) The plant that squeezes-in if you rotate in it: is the wild rose.  
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to dip in (ink, sauce etc)
zhàn
Top: plant , bottom: 醮 (alcohol , scorched, burnt, charred ) [ = The bird is on fire to be burnt.]
A plant with alcohol will burn, even if you (only have briefly): dipped it into it.  
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sugar cane
zhè
Top: plant , bottom: commonly, ordinary 庶 (A building 广 with various objects 廿 is in fire which commonly can happen.)
(for sweetening) The plant from which ordinary things are made: is the sugar cane.  
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dense foliage, to preserve, to cover, conceal
bǎo
Top: plant , bottom: protect (The person builds a fence over tree to protect it.)
The plants are protected by a dense foliage.  

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