The Chinese Radical: 堇




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Meaning
blooming plant    堇

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
precious, expensive, noble, your (name)
guì
Top: simplification of blooming flower 堇 with two blossoms ロ at a stem丨 growing from the ground 一, bottom: currency/shell 贝/貝 (= cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八 = shell money)
Blooming flowers and money are precious.  
HSK 5
diligent, industrious, hardworking, regular
qín
Left: blooming plant 堇 (from top: plant 艹, blossoms 口, growing plant ), right: strength/force 力
Blooming plants give me strength for my: diligent hardworking.  
HSK 5
cautious, careful, solemnly, sincerely (formal)
jǐn
Left: word 讠/言, right: blooming plant 堇 (from top: plant 艹, blossoms 口, growing plant )
Words and flowering plants should be handled cautiously.  
HSK 6
be dispersed, break down, to fester/ulcerate
kuì
Left: water 氵, right: precious, expensive 贵 (A blooming flower [simplf. from 堇] and money 贝 are precious)
Even water, which is that precious is dispersing (=evaporating) AND: Water is precious with: an ulcer/abscess.  
no HSK
brilliancy (of gems), fine jade, genius
jǐn
Left: king, jade 王, right: blooming plant 堇 (from top: plant 艹, blossoms 口, growing plant )
A king like a 'blooming plant' is brilliant.  

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