紫花地丁

• 此(this; here)PHONETIC
• 糸(silk thread; silk)RADICAL

A silk thread dyed in this distinctive purple color is the noble color of the imperial palace.

• 艹(grass; plant)RADICAL
• 化(change; transform)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A flower is grass and trees transformed into the most brilliant and beautiful appearance.

• 土(earth; soil; land)RADICAL
• 也(also; punctuation mark (archaic))PHONETIC

The wide earth (soil) is also where all things flourish and grow.

• 丁(nail; spike)ASSOCIATIVE

A nail driven straight down looks like the character for nail or the fourth of the heavenly stems.