huáhuàhuā

magnificent

Simplified form of . is used here to represent the sound. The bottom component is a remnant from the traditional character .

Components
化 sound component

  Sound component

huàhuā

  

change

華 simplified,remnant component

  Simplified Remnant component

huáhuàhuā

  

magnificent

Remnant from the bottom of the traditional character .

Evolution

华 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
华 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
华 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
华 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

huá

flowery; illustrious; Chinese; magnificent; splendid

() 

Huá

abbr. for China

() 

Huà

Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi; surname Hua

() 

huā

old variant of [huā]; flower

Most common words with 华
Freq.
Word
Meaning

新华社

Xinhua News Agency

splendid

华盛顿

Washington (name)

豪华

luxurious

才华

talent

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 5 characters (0 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 38.8916% of movies

783rd most common character in movies

412th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

Unicode

U+534E


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