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葵

kuí
large-flowered plants
艹 + 癶 + 天
flowers + thatched roof + heavens
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Picture large-flowered plants on thatched roofs blooming towards the heavens.

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蓬

péng
disheveled
艹 + 逢féng
flowers + chance upon
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Rapunzel’s hair is disheveled with flowers when she is chanced upon by the prince.

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茎

jīng
plant stem
艹 + Bjīng
flowers + crane
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菱

líng
water caltrop
艹 + 夌líng
flowers + mole
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Picture a mole harvesting ling nuts from water caltrop flowers.

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藻

zǎo
algae
艹 + 澡zǎo
flowers + bath
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Flowers (algae) form in the bath if you don’t drain the water.

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芝

zhī
sesame
艹 + 之zhī
flowers + road block
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藤

téng
rattan
艹 + 月 + 龹 + 氺
flowers + body part + quarter + snowflake
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蔚

wèi
luxuriant
艹 + 尉wèi
flowers + martyr
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Picture luxuriant flowers placed on a martyr’s grave.

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芦

lú
reeds
艹 + 户hù
flowers + door
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Picture a door made of reeds and decorated with flowers.

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葛

gé
kudzu
艹 + 曷hé
flowers + siesta
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Kudzu is fast growing, so don't take a siesta or it might kill your flowers.

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荷

hé
Holland
艹 + 何hé
flowers + whatwhichwhowherewhy?
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Trivia question: Holland is known for whatwhich kind of flowers?

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莱

lái
lambsquarters
艹 + 来lái
flowers + come
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As a weed, lambsquarters keeps coming and coming, but it is actually cultivated for food by North American indigenous populations.

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萎

wěi
wilt
艹 + 委wěi
flowers + committee
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Picture a committee waiting so long that their flowers wilt.

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菌

jùn
fungus
艹 + 囗 + 禾
flowers + enclose + grain
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Flowers or fungus grow on enclosed grain.

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蔓

màn
creeping vine
艹 + 曼màn
flowers + drawn out/mandala
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Picture a creeping vine growing out and flowering in all directions from the center like a mandala.

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茧

jiǎn
cocoon
艹 + 虫
flowers + insect
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Flowers cover the insect’s cocoon.

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幺 yāo *cocoon

芳

fāng
aromatic
艹 + 方fāng
flowers + direction/compass
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The aroma from different flowers draws you in different directions in a garden.

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菩

pú
bodhisattva
艹 + 咅pǒu
flowers + comedian
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Picture flowers on the head of Kung Fu Panda as he poses as bodhisattva.

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蕾

lěi
new bud
艹 + 雷léi
flowers + thunder
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Picture new buds opening into flowers every time the thunder claps.

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