懂中文 Dong Chinese

華

huá, huà, huā

magnificent

Original meaning: 

flower

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 𠌶 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "flower", now written as 花. The meaning later shifted to "blossoming", "flourishing" and "magnificent".

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

𠌶 sound,meaning component

𠌶  Sound Meaning component

huā

  

flower

Pictograph of a flower.

Evolution

華 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
華 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

华 (華) 

huá

flowery; illustrious; Chinese; magnificent; splendid

华 (華) 

Huá

abbr. for China

华 (華) 

Huà

Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi; surname Hua

华 (華) 

huā

old variant of 花[huā]; flower

Most common words with 華
Freq.
Word
Meaning

新华社

Xinhua News Agency

华

splendid

华盛顿

Washington (name)

豪华

luxurious

才华

talent

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

曄

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

嘩 樺 驊

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

华

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

华