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(huā) - flower; to spend (money or time) in Mandarin

huā

Traditional: 花

Line drawing of 花
Coloured illustration of 花
HSK 3
#655 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

flower; to spend (money or time)

Word origin

花 (huā, 'flower') is a phono-semantic compound: 艹 (the grass or plant radical) marks the meaning, while 化 (huà, 'to change, transform') supplies the sound.

Origin
phono-semantic compound
Root
艹 (grass radical) + 化 (huà, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 花

Examples

This kind of flower is very pretty.

I spent a lot of money.

He spends two hours doing homework.

Many flowers have bloomed in the garden.

hóng

He gave her a bunch of red flowers.

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This word is part of lesson 14.