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華

華

See also: 华 and 崋

Translingual

Han character

華 (radical 140 艸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿一廿十 (TMTJ), four-corner 44504, composition ⿱艹𠦒)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 1039, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31119
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1497, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3213, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+83EF
  • Standard Form by Ministry of Education of the Republic of China

Chinese

trad. 華
simp. 华

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 華
Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (華) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鞾 *qʰʷa
華 *qʰʷraː, *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs
譁 *qʰʷraː
樺 *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs
嘩 *ɡʷraː
驊 *ɡʷraː
鏵 *ɡʷraː
崋 *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 華 華 華
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 曉 (32) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 麻 (99) 麻 (99) 麻 (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Closed
Division (等) II II II
Fanqie 戸花切 呼瓜切 胡化切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦˠua/ /hˠua/ /ɦˠuaH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷᵚa/ /hʷᵚa/ /ɦʷᵚaH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣua/ /xua/ /ɣuaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwaɨ/ /hwaɨ/ /ɦwaɨH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣua/ /xua/ /ɣuaH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣwa/ /xwa/ /ɣwaH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣwa/ /xwa/ /ɣwaH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huá huā huà
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 華 華 華
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 huā huá huà
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ xwæ › ‹ hwæ › ‹ hwæH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*qʷʰˤra/ /*N-qʷʰˤra/ /*[ɢ]ʷˤra-s/
English flower (n.) flower (v.); flowery (adj.) [name of a mountain]

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 華 華 華
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 5308 5312 5316
Phonetic
component		 華 華 華
Rime
group		 魚 魚 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 華 華 摦
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰʷraː/ /*ɡʷraː/ /*ɡʷraːs/
Notes 說文於聲 華山、同崋

Definitions

華

  1. flowery
  2. illustrious
  3. Short for 華夏／华夏 (Huáxià): land of illustrious clothing and grand ritual: China, Chinese culture

Compounds

  • 華彩／华彩 (huácǎi)
  • 華文／华文 (huáwén)
  • 華東／华东 (Huádōng)
  • 華氏溫度計／华氏温度计
  • 華燈／华灯
  • 華爾茲／华尔兹
  • 華絲葛／华丝葛
  • 華美／华美 (huáměi)
  • 華而不實／华而不实
  • 華胄／华胄
  • 華蓋／华盖

Japanese

Kanji

華

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. flower
  2. splendor

Readings

Noun

華 ‎(hiragana はな, romaji hana)

  1. flower
  2. splendor

Synonyms

Korean

Hanja

華 • ‎(hwa) (hangeul 화)

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Vietnamese

Han character

華 (hoa, hận)

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