花
flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #37 U+82B1
How 花 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A flower 艹 in bloom 化; 化 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
flower · Heisig RSH #833
flower + 化 transform
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 花
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花山区 | Huā shān Qū | Huashan, a district of Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市[Ma3 an1 shan1 Shi4], Anhui |
| 花子 | huā zi | beggar (old term) |
| 国花 | guó huā | national flower (emblem, e.g. peony 牡丹[mu3 dan1] in China) |
| 花山 | Huā shān | see 花山區|花山区[Hua1 shan1 Qu1] |
| 水花 | shuǐ huā | spray of water; splash; (dialect) chickenpox |
| 花头 | huā tou | trick; pattern; novel idea; knack |
| 花心 | huā xīn | fickle in love; unfaithful; heart of a flower (pistil and stamen) |
| 花生 | huā shēng | peanut; CL:粒[li4] |
| 花儿 | huā ér | style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia; CL:首[shou3] |
| 花儿 | huā r | erhua variant of 花[hua1] |
| 天花 | tiān huā | smallpox; ceiling; stamen of corn; (old) snow; (dialect) sesame oil |
| 小花 | xiǎo huā | (coll.) popular young actress |
| 花花公子 | huā huā gōng zǐ | playboy |
| 花海 | huā hǎi | sea of flowers; expanse of flowers |
| 花白 | huā bái | grizzled (hair) |
| 白花花 | bái huā huā | shining white |
| 花会 | huā huì | flower fair or festival |
| 大理花 | dà lǐ huā | dahlia (loanword) |
| 开花儿 | kāi huā r | erhua variant of 開花|开花[kai1 hua1] |
| 花点子 | huā diǎn zi | trickery; scam |