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[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
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[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  + phonetic 

[edit] Han character

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

  1. flower
  2. blossom
  3. fancy pattern

[edit] References

  • 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

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(jyutping faa1, Yale fa1)

[edit] Noun

(traditional and simplified, jyutping faa1)

  1. flower

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Noun

(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

[edit] Synonyms


[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja


Eumhun:

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

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin huā (hua1), Wade-Giles hua1)

  1. flower
  2. blossom
  3. to spend

[edit] Compounds


[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

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


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(hoa, huê)

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