華 (huá)
magnificent; flowery; Chinese (culture/language)
How 華 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 艹 — grass
- Traditional
- 華
- Simplified
- 华
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.
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