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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  + phonetic 

Han character [edit]

(radical 140 +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 廿人心 (TOP), four-corner 44214, composition)

  1. flower
  2. blossom
  3. fancy pattern

Derived characters [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 1020, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30734
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1478, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3181, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+82B1

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping faa1, Yale fa1)

Noun [edit]

(traditional and simplified, jyutping faa1)

  1. flower

Japanese [edit]

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Kanji [edit]

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. flower

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana はな, romaji hana)

  1. a flower; a blossom
  2. flower arrangement
  3. Japanese playing cards
  4. the best days of one's life
  5. the best thing
  6. essence

Derived terms [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: hwa, McCune-Reischauer: hwa, Yale: hwa)
  • Name (hangeul):  (revised: kkot, McCune-Reischauer: kkot, Yale: kkoch)

Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin huā (hua1), Wade-Giles hua1)

  1. flower
  2. blossom
  3. to spend

Compounds [edit]


Min Nan [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ hoe (hoe1), hoa (hoa1), he (he1))

Noun [edit]

Verb [edit]

Adjective [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(hoa, huê)