花

花 (radical 140, 艸+4, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 7 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 廿人心 (TOP), four-corner 4421₄, composition ⿱艹化)

• 𫢮, 𠵅, 埖, 婲, 𢯘, 㳸, 㬸, 椛, 𤦙, 硴, 𮖏, 糀, 誮, 𬦷, 𬧧, 錵, 𩋖, 𩤉, 𩸽, 𠝐, 𫈪, 𠎍, 𤰏, 蒊

• KangXi: page 1020, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30734
• Dae Jaweon: page 1478, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3181, character 7
• Unihan data for U+82B1

Historical forms of the character 花
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hʷraː) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 化 (OC *hŋʷraːls). Originally 𠌶 or 華 before the Han dynasty.

Unknown. According to Schuessler (2007), either from:

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bar and thus an example of possible *b~*w variation, with final -r moved to medial position. If so, cognate with 葩 (OC *pʰraː); outside Sinitic, compare Burmese ပန်း (pan:), Lepcha [script needed] (búr), Mizo páar.
• Or from Austroasiatic; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *pkaaw ~ *pkaʔ (“flower, blossom”).

花

1. flower; blossom (Classifier: 朵 m; 支 m; 束 m; 把 m; 盆 m; 簇 m)

   花朵  ―  huāduǒ  ―  flower

2. florid; flowery
3. pattern; design

   松花蛋  ―  sōnghuādàn  ―  thousand-year-old egg

4. blurred

   眼花  ―  yǎnhuā  ―  to have blurred vision

5. fireworks
6. essence; cream
7. wound
8. smallpox
9. courtesan; prostitute
10. to spend (money, time, etc.); to cost

    • 這件衣服花了不到一百塊 [MSC, trad.]
      这件衣服花了不到一百块 [MSC, simp.]

      zhè jiàn yīfú huā le bùdào yībǎi kuài [Pinyin]

      This clothing cost less than 100 yuan.

11. profligate
12. (slang) randy; lecherous
13. (slang) to be horny; to womanize
14. false
15. (Cantonese) scratched

    • 佢著咗呢對鞋兩個月就已經花晒喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      佢着咗呢对鞋两个月就已经花晒喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

      Keoi⁵ zoek³ zo² nei¹ deoi³ haai⁴ loeng⁵ go³ jyut⁶ zau⁶ ji⁵ ging¹ faa¹ saai³ laa³. [Jyutping]

      He's worn the shoes for only two months and they're already all scratched up.

16. A surname​. Hua

• → Ai-Cham: hwa¹
• → Korean: 화 (hwa)
• → Vietnamese: hoa

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. flower
2. beauty
3. red-light district

• Go-on: け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}
• Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)^{←くわ (kwa, historical)}
• Kun: はな (hana, 花, Jōyō)
• Nanori: あや (aya); はる (haru)

• 華, 英

/pana/ → /fana/ → /hana/

From Old Japanese.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) はな​ [hànáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠]

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花 (hiragana はな, rōmaji hana)

1. a flower
   • 1999 February 4, “火か炎えん草そう [Fire Grass]”, in Vol.1, Konami:

     火 (か)山 (ざん)の近 (ちか)くに生 (せい)息 (そく)する草 (くさ)。花 (はな)から火 (か)炎 (えん)を吹 (ふ)き攻 (こう)撃 (げき)する。

     Kazan no chikaku ni seisoku suru kusa. Hana kara kaen o fuki kōgeki suru.

     A grass that grows near volcanoes. It breathes fire from its flowers.

   • 1999 March 1, “ダーク・プラント [Dark Plant]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:

     汚 (お)染 (せん)された土 (つち)と闇 (やみ)の力 (ちから)で育 (そだ)てられた花 (はな)。とても凶 (きょう)暴 (ぼう)。

     Osen sareta tsuchi to yami no chikara de sodaterareta hana. Totemo kyōbō.

     A flower that grows from polluted soil and dark powers. It is very nasty.

   • 1999 May 25, “深しん淵えんに咲さく花はな [The Flower That Blooms in the Abyss]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:

     光 (ひかり)の届 (とど)かない深 (しん)淵 (えん)にひっそりと咲 (さ)く、あまり見 (み)かけない花 (はな)。

     Hikari no todokanai shin'en ni hissori to saku, amari mikakenai hana.

     A rarely seen flower that silently blooms in the depths of the abyss where the sun never shines.

   • 1999 July 5, “命いのちある花か瓶びん [Living Vase]”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:

     生 (い)けてある花 (はな)から、花 (か)粉 (ふん)を飛 (と)ばし噛 (か)みついてくる生 (い)きている花 (か)瓶 (びん)。

     Iketearu hana kara, kafun o tobashi kamitsuitekuru ikiteiru kabin.

     A living vase that bites and releases pollen from its living flowers.

   花 (はな)が咲 (さ)く頃 (ごろ)

   hana ga saku goro

   when the flowers bloom

2. Short for 生け花 (ikebana): flower arrangement
3. Short for 花札 (hanafuda): Japanese playing cards
4. the best days of one's life
5. the best thing
6. essence

• → Amis: hana
• → Yami: hana

花 (eumhun 꽃 화 (kkot hwa))

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花

• Kun: ぱなー (phanā)

• IPA^(key): /pʰanaː/

花 (hiragana ぱなー, romaji phanā)

1. flower

花

• Kun: ぱな (pana)

• IPA^(key): /pana/

花 (hiragana ぱな, romaji pana)

1. flower

花

• Kun: はな (hana)

• IPA^(key): /hana/

花 (hiragana はな, romaji hana)

1. flower

花: Hán Việt readings: hoa (呼(hô)瓜(qua)切(thiết))[1][2][3], huê[3]
花: Nôm readings: hoa[1][2][3][4], huê[1][3][4], oa[1], ba[2]

1. Hán tự form of hoa (“flower”).

花

• Kun: ぱな (pana)

• IPA^(key): /pana/

花 (hiragana ぱな, romaji pana)

1. flower

花

• Kun: はな (hana)

• IPA^(key): /hana/

花 (hiragana はな, romaji hana)

1. flower