華

See also 华, and 崋

Translingual

Han character

華 (radical 140 艸+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿一廿十 (TMTJ), four-corner 4450₄)

1. flowery
2. illustrious
3. Chinese

See also

• 草 乗

References

• KangXi: page 1039, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31119
• Dae Jaweon: page 1497, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3213, character 1
• Unihan data for U+83EF
• Standard Form by Ministry of Education of the Republic of China

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Cantonese

Hanzi

華 (simplified 华, Yale wa4)

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Japanese

Kanji

華 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: か (ka), け (ke)
• Kun: はな (hana), はなやか (hanayaka)

Noun

華 (hiragana はな, romaji hana)

1. splendor

Synonyms

• 花 (はな, hana, “flower”)

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Korean

Hanja

華 (hangeul 화, revised hwa, McCune-Reischauer hwa, Yale hwa)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

華 (simplified 华, pinyin huá (hua2), Wade-Giles hua²)

Compounds

• 華僑 (huáqiáo)
• 中華

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ hua˧˥ ]

Proper noun

華 (traditional, POJ Hôa, simplified 华)

1. (literary) China

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Vietnamese

Han character

華 (hoa)