花押

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	detain in custody
trad. (花押)		花	押
simp. #(花押)		花	押

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāyā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ aat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoa-ah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāyā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huaya
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-ya¹
    • Yale: hwā-yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huaia
    • Palladius: хуая (xuaja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ aat³
    • Yale: fā aat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ aat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ ad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ aːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-ah
    • Tâi-lô: hua-ah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'aq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² aʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hua³³ aʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² aʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ aʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua⁴⁴⁻³³ aʔ³²/

Noun

花押

1. (dated, historical) stylized signature; cypher; paraph

Synonyms

• (Jinhua, Wu) 花字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	押
か Grade: 1	おう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​おー [káꜜòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) かおー [kàóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠o̞ː]

Noun

花(か)押(おう) • (kaō) ^{←くわあふ (kwaafu)?}

1. kaō (stylized signature)

Korean

Hanja in this term
花	押

Noun

花押 • (hwaap) (hangeul 화압)

1. Hanja form^? of 화압.