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華

華 — hwa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
빛날 화
Romanization
hwa
English
flowery; illustrious; Chinese
Mandarin
huá
Japanese on'yomi
カ, ケ, カイ, ゲ
Japanese kun'yomi
はな
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,085 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
艸 (140, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+83EF

Korean example words with 華

  • 화상華商 Korean gloss: 화교 상인
  • 화협華頰 Korean gloss: 아름다운 뺨
  • 세화歲華 Korean gloss: 흘러가는 시간
  • 소화韶華 Korean gloss: 화창한 봄의 경치
  • 화직華職 Korean gloss: 높고 화려한 관직
  • 화갑華甲 Korean gloss: 예순한 살을 이르는 말
  • 성화聲華 Korean gloss: 세상에 널리 알려진 명성
  • 정화精華 Korean gloss: 정수가 될 만한 뛰어난 부분
  • 화년華年 Korean gloss: 나이 예순한 살을 이르는 말
  • 재화才華 Korean gloss: 빛나는 재주. 또는 뛰어난 재능
  • 화혼華婚 Korean gloss: 남의 결혼을 아름답게 이르는 말
  • 화촉華燭 Korean gloss: 빛깔을 들인 밀초. 흔히 혼례 의식에 쓴다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 華

  • 豪華ごうか extravagant; lavish; opulent
  • 中華ちゅうか China; Chinese food
  • 華やかはなやか bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy
  • 繁華街はんかがい business district; shopping district; bustling street
  • 華麗かれい splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
  • 華僑かきょう overseas Chinese
  • 華々しいはなばなしい brilliant; splendid; glorious
  • 華道かどう flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana
  • 中華人民共和国ちゅうかじんみんきょうわこく People's Republic of China
  • 精華せいか essence; quintessence; flower
  • 昇華しょうか sublimation; sublimation (of an impulse); sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)
  • 中華民国ちゅうかみんこく Republic of China; ROC; Taiwan

Other hanja read “화”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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