堇
The story of 堇
clay, drought
堇 depicts a man with a jade ornament hanging on his neck burnt in fire, represents human sacrifice for raining, jade is auspicious, which makes the sacrifice more faithful. The original meaning of 堇 is drought, but such meaning has been replaced by 熯, 堇 also means beautiful jade, but then replaced by 瑾. On the other hand, 堇 is also used to describe something difficult, but such meaning has been replaced by 艱。
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芊green
luxuriant6艸grass
weed6芒awn
tip6花flower7芣lush8苤lush
weed9苞bud9茍introspection9茹eat9草grass
weed9茫vast
unclear9荒desolate
scarce9莆weed10芻mow
hay10華splendid
flower10莫not10萃collect
grassy11莖stem11堇clay
drought11萌sprout
bud11萑reed11菜vegetable
cuisine12菲fragrance
meager12萎decline
wither12蒸steam
evaporate13蒦trap
catch13蒙cover
suffer14蓬weeds
luxuriant 15薔rose16蕡grass
fruit16藍blue17薾luxuriant17薰fumigate
fragrance18
luxuriant6艸grass
weed6芒awn
tip6花flower7芣lush8苤lush
weed9苞bud9茍introspection9茹eat9草grass
weed9茫vast
unclear9荒desolate
scarce9莆weed10芻mow
hay10華splendid
flower10莫not10萃collect
grassy11莖stem11堇clay
drought11萌sprout
bud11萑reed11菜vegetable
cuisine12菲fragrance
meager12萎decline
wither12蒸steam
evaporate13蒦trap
catch13蒙cover
suffer14蓬weeds
luxuriant 15薔rose16蕡grass
fruit16藍blue17薾luxuriant17薰fumigate
fragrance18