茨

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briar

On-Yomi: シ、ジ — Kun-Yomi: いばら、かや、くさぶき

Elements:

briar, flowers, next, ice, lack, yawn

Heisig story:

Earlier we made mention of the story of Briar Rose (or "Sleeping Beauty," as we called her in frame 165) and drew attention to the briar hedge that grew up all about her castle. But in the second part of the story, these briars blossomed into flowers. Hence her name, Briar Rose. Be careful not to confuse this character with that for thorn (Frame 446).

Koohii stories:

1) [ihatobu] 15-8-2007(225): To prevent animals from eating the beautiful flowers in your garden, the best thing to do is to plant briar bushes immediately next to them.

2) [bendyarm] 26-9-2007(69): The briar patch may look unremarkable now before it blooms, but there will be flowers next, and it will be beautiful.

3) [samuize] 1-3-2007(38): Once you plant your flowers, what inevitably come up next are briars.

4) [cerulean] 28-9-2008(34): An important life lesson: Briars are always NEXT to FLOWERS.

5) [taijuando] 14-12-2006(18): Briars are the kind of flowers that comes up next after a property is abandoned….it's an ecological succession.

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