(huā) - flower; to spend (money or time) in Mandarin
huāTraditional: 花
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
花
Examples
。
This kind of flower is very pretty.
。
I spent a lot of money.
业。
He spends two hours doing homework.
。
Many flowers have bloomed in the garden.
红。
He gave her a bunch of red flowers.
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