葬
zàng · HSK 7
to bury
🪦 艹 grass on top + 死 death in the middle + 廾 two hands below = laying a corpse among the plants
葬 — grass 艹 + 死 (death) + 廾 (two hands)
葬 is an associative compound depicting a corpse (死) placed between grass (艹) above and below, with hands (廾) laying it to rest. It pictures an ancient burial practice of covering the dead with vegetation. The original sense 'to bury' has remained stable for millennia.