(huā)

flower; to spend (money, time)

How 花 is written

Strokes
7
Radical
— grass
Traditional
Simplified
(unchanged)

Components

  • grass
  • human
  • spoon

Common words using 花

煙花 yānhuā
fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
雪花 xuěhuā
snowflake
鮮花 xiānhuā
fresh flowers; CL:朵[duo3]
五花肉 wǔhuāròu
streaky pork
印花 yìnhuā
tax stamp
大麗花 dàlìhuā
dahlia
天花板 tiānhuābǎn
ceiling
如花 rúhuā
flowery
心花怒放 xīnhuānùfàng
to burst with joy (idiom); to be over the moon; to be elated
挑花眼 tiǎohuāyǎn
(fig.) to get cross-eyed; to be bewildered
提花 tíhuā
Jacquard weave (machine weaving leaving protruding pattern)
插花 chāhuā
flower arranging; ikebana

花 in a sentence

我花了很多時間學中文。

Wǒ huā le hěn duō shíjiān xué Zhōngwén.

“I spent a lot of time learning Chinese.”

How common is 花?

花 is the 410th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 71.5% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 花

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