(huá)

magnificent; flowery; Chinese (culture/language)

How 華 is written

Strokes
11
Radical
— grass
Traditional
Simplified

Components

華 has 2 readings

The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.

huá
abbr. for China
huà
Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi; surname Hua

Common words using 華

中華 zhōnghuá
China (alternate formal name)
升華 shēnghuá
to sublimate; sublimation (physics); to raise to a higher level
奢華 shēhuá
luxurious; sumptuous; lavish
年華 niánhuá
years; time; age
才華 cáihuá
literary or artistic talent; CL:份[fen4]
新華 xīnhuá
Xinhua (the official Chinese news agency)
新華網 xīnhuáwǎng
Xinhua news network
清華 qīnghuá
abbr. for 清華大學|清华大学[Qing1 hua2 Da4 xue2]
精華 jīnghuá
best feature; most important part of an object; quintessence
繁華 fánhuá
flourishing; bustling
華人 huárén
ethnic Chinese person or people
華為 huáwèi
Huawei (brand)

華 in a sentence

他在大學教華語。

Tā zài dàxué jiāo Huáyǔ.

“He teaches Chinese at the university.”

How common is 華?

華 is the 412th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 71.7% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 華

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