華 — splendor, flower, petal

はな華 splendor

はな

U+83EF Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1085 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1704 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

splendor
flower
petal
shine
luster
ostentatious
showy
gay
gorgeous

Readings

On'yomi: か ka け ke
Kun'yomi: はな hana

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はな hana Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

華(はな) hana flower 華(はな) やか hanayaka gorgeous

か ka On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

豪(ごう) 華(か) gouka luxurious 中(ちゅう) 華(か) chuuka Chinese 華(か) 麗(れい) karei splendid 繁(はん) 華(か) hanka bustling 華(か) 人(じん) kajin Chinese person 華(か) 道(どう) kadou flower arranging 中(ちゅう) 華(か) 料(りょう) 理(り) chuukaryouri Chinese cooking 中(ちゅう) 華(か) 街(がい) chuukagai Chinatown

Words by frequency and grade

11 words

Each dot is a word containing 華: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 4 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

艹 grass

丰 luxuriant

丨 pole

Used as component in (1)

か嘩 noisy

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#140 艸 grass