华

See also: 華

Translingual

Han character

华 (radical 24 十+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人心十 (OPJ), composition ⿱化十)

1. flowery
2. illustrious
3. Chinese

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 156, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 60, character 17
• Unihan data for U+534E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

华 (traditional 華, Jyutping waa4, Yale wa4)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

华 (traditional 華, Pinyin huá (hua2), Wade-Giles hua²)
华 (traditional 華, Pinyin huà (hua4), Wade-Giles hua⁴) only in the surname 华 and name of Mount Huashan in Shaanxi Province.
华 (traditional 華, Pinyin huā (hua1), Wade-Giles hua¹) only ancient usage meaning the same as 花.

Compounds

• 华北
• 华表
• 华彩
• 华诞
• 华灯
• 华东
• 华而不实
• 华尔兹
• 华发
• 华盖
• 华工
• 华贵
• 华里
• 华丽
• 华美
• 华南
• 华年
• 华侨 (huáqiáo)
• 华人
• 华氏温度计
• 华丝葛
• 华文
• 华西
• 华夏
• 华严宗
• 华艳
• 华裔
• 华语
• 华中
• 华胄

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ hua˧˥ ]

Proper noun

华 (simplified, POJ Hôa, traditional 華, simplified 华)

1. (literary) China