an edible fern
薇 refers to a specific edible fern, often identified as the Japanese royal fern (zenmai). Its meaning is narrow and botanical, without abstract extensions.
薇 combines the grass radical 艹 with 微, which likely acts as a phonetic component. The character was created to name a type of fern.
The top grass radical 艹 tells you it's a plant. The bottom part 微 suggests something tiny or subtle—picture the delicate, curled fronds of a young fern emerging from the ground.
For ラ, imagine a fern frond unfurling with a soft 'la' sound, like a gentle musical note: la -> ラ, as the fern opens to the sun.
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops; rustling
rose
Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica); Asian royal fern; flowering fern
multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora); baby rose; Japanese rose
climbing rose; rambling rose
winter rose
Osmunda banksiifolia (species of fern)
Rubus croceacanthus (species of raspberry)
China rose (Rosa chinensis); monthly rosebush
banksia rose (Rosa banksiae)
there is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn
rosebud
The Name of the Rose (1980 novel by Umberto Eco)
Rosicrucian; Fellowship of the Rosy Cross
War of the Roses (1455-1485)
Barazoku (gay men's magazine; 1971-2011)
two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar)
yellow-edged lyretail (Variola louti); lyretail grouper; coronation cod
rhodonite
oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus)