華 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

𠌶 Sound Meaning component

huā

flower

Pictograph of a flower.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𠌶 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*qʷʰˤra	xwae	huā	flower (n.)
*N-qʷʰˤra	hwae	huá	flower (v.); flowery (adj.)
*[ɢ]ʷˤra-s	hwaeH	huà	[name of a mountain]