华
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magnificent; splendid; flowery
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #242 U+534E
How 华 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
十 (semantic, “ten”) + 化 (phonetic, huà)
How to remember it
splendor · Heisig RSH #831
化 transform + 十 ten
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 化
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 化 (huà) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 化 sound component | huà | to change, to convert, to reform; -ize |
| 货 | huò | products, merchandise; goods, commodities |
| 靴 | xuē | boots |
| 讹 | é | to swindle, to cheat; wrong, error; falsehood |
Words containing 华
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 华南理工大学 | Huá nán Lǐ gōng Dà xué | South China University of Technology |
| 大中华 | Dà Zhōng huá | Greater China; refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics… |
| 华东理工大学 | Huá dōng Lǐ gōng Dà xué | East China University of Science and Technology |
| 中华民国 | Zhōng huá Mín guó | Republic of China |
| 华安县 | Huá ān Xiàn | Hua'an, a county in Zhangzhou City 漳州市[Zhang1 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian |
| 金华市 | Jīn huá Shì | Jinhua, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3] |
| 西华县 | Xī huá Xiàn | Xihua, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市[Zhou1 kou3 Shi4], Henan |
| 中华字海 | Zhōng huá Zì hǎi | Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, c… |
| 清华大学 | Qīng huá Dà xué | Tsinghua University, Beijing; National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| 南华县 | Nán huá Xiàn | Nanhua, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4… |
| 新华区 | Xīn huá Qū | Xinhua, a district of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei; Xinhua, … |
| 特拉华 | Tè lā huá | Delaware, US state |
| 成华区 | Chéng huá Qū | Chenghua, a district of Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 特拉华河 | Tè lā huá Hé | Delaware River, between Pennsylvania and Delaware state, USA |
| 华人 | Huá rén | ethnic Chinese person or people |
| 华山 | Huà Shān | Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] |
| 华龙区 | Huà lóng Qū | Hualong, a district of Puyang City 濮陽市|濮阳市[Pu2 yang2 Shi4], Henan |
| 龙华区 | Lóng huá Qū | Longhua, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市[Shen1 zhen4 Shi4], Guangdong; Longhua, a district… |
| 水华 | shuǐ huá | algal bloom; water bloom |
| 江华县 | Jiāng huá Xiàn | see 江華瑤族自治縣|江华瑶族自治县[Jiang1 hua2 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |