堇

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).

堇 character breakdown

堇
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 革
  - 一
  - 中
    - 丨
    - 口
  - 廿
    - 一
    - 卄
      - 一
      - 丨

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

革

gé = g + e2

animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office)

革 = 廿 + 中 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a cow's hide.

Guy Fawkes (g) arrived at the entrance to the elevator (e2) to visit this year's darts grand finale. He is standing right next to the dart board (中) and cheers for his favourite player using a self-made drum. The drum consists of a flower pot (廿) over which Guy stretched a cow's hide (革). He is beating his drum using a flute (一).

Characters with 堇 as component

仅

僅

jǐn = ji + (e)n3

barely / only / merely

仅 = 亻 + 又 : Joan of Arc and Rosa Luxemburg are fighting a boxing match in the Forbidden city. There are barely / merely / only a few seconds of the last round left.

叹

歎

tàn = t + an4

variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]

叹 = 又 + 口 : Tecumseh (t) is loosing a battle in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With each hit of his opponent's boxing glove (又) on his mouth (口) he gives a desperate sigh (叹).

艰

艱

jia̅n = ji + an1

difficult / hard / hardship

艰 = 又 + 艮 : Joan of Arc (ji) dropped her boxing glove (又) in front of the anthill (an1). It got stuck to a chewing gum (艮) on the pavement and now she has a hard (艰) time removing it. Joan of Arc's life is really difficult (艰) at the moment.

难

難

nán = n + an2

difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

难 = 又 + 隹 : Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Napoleon and a sparrow are trying to beat an insanely difficult video game. After playing and failing all day long Napoleon finally loses his temper and crashes the game wearing two boxing gloves.

难 = 又 + 隹 : Mnemonic symbol: a video game which is almost impossible to beat.

难

難

nàn = n + an4

disaster / distress / to scold

勤

qín = qi + (e)n2

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).

谨

謹

jǐn = ji + (e)n3

cautious / careful / solemnly / sincerely (formal)

谨 = 堇 + 讠 : Joan of Arc (ji) is reading a warning on an advertising column (讠) in the encampment ((e)n3). The warning says that she should be very careful (谨) about violet dirt (堇) which tends to fall off the ceiling. While Joan of Arc reads the message, a big piece of violet dirt is about to fall on her head.

瑾

jǐn = ji + (e)n3

brilliancy (of gems)

鄞

yín = y + (e)n2

name of a district in Zhejiang

槿

jǐn = ji + (e)n3

Hibiscus syriacus / transient

觐

覲

jìn = ji + (e)n4