勤

diligent / industrious / hardworking / frequent / regular / constant

勤 = 力 + 堇 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is very busy (勤) creating a fuse box out of violet dirt (堇) for the encampment's main power button (力) in the kitchen ((e)n2).

勤

懃

qín = qi + (e)n2

variant of 勤[qin2] / industrious / solicitous

勤 = 力 + 堇 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is very busy (勤) creating a fuse box out of violet dirt (堇) for the encampment's main power button (力) in the kitchen ((e)n2).

勤 character breakdown

勤
- 力
  - 丿
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- 堇
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 革
    - 一
    - 中
      - 丨
      - 口
    - 廿
      - 一
      - 卄
        
        一
        
        丨

力

lì = li + Ø4

surname Li

力

lì = li + Ø4

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

力 = ㇆ + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a power button.

Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.

堇

jǐn = ji + (e)n3

clay / old variant of 僅|仅[jin3] / violet (plant)

堇 = 土 + 革 : Joan of Arc (ji) is throwing violet (堇) clay (堇) and dirt (土) at the king's cow hide (革) in the encampment ((e)n3).

Characters with 勤 as component

勤

懃

qín = qi + (e)n2

variant of 勤[qin2] / industrious / solicitous

勤 = 力 + 堇 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is very busy (勤) creating a fuse box out of violet dirt (堇) for the encampment's main power button (力) in the kitchen ((e)n2).