花 — flower, blossom
はな
花
flower
Grade 1
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
7 strokes
plant
U+82B1
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #578
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1009
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- flower
- blossom
word
はな ・ばな 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).
か ka On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Components
Composed of
Phono-semantic compound (形声). The radical 艹 (grass/plant) provides the semantic element, while 化 (change, か ka) supplies the sound. A flower is a plant that transforms — budding, blooming, and falling.