華

splendor; flower; petal; shine; luster; ostentatious; showy; gay

10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1085.

Readings

• カ (on reading): 華族 (かぞく) peerage (in Japan; 1869-1947); 豪華 (ごうか) extravagant
• ケ (on reading): 法華経 (ほけきょう) Lotus Sutra; 蓮華 (れんげ) lotus flower
• はな (kun reading): 華やか (はなやか) bright and beautiful; 華々しい (はなばなしい) brilliant
• Read as a whole word: 髻華 (うず) flower or branch fastened in the hair

Components

• 艹
• 垂
• 一 radical one
• ｜ radical vertical stroke
• ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸

Kanji containing 華

• 樺 birch
• 嘩 noisy
• 曄 shine
• 譁 noisy

Words using 華

• 華族 (かぞく) peerage (in Japan; 1869-1947)
• 豪華 (ごうか) extravagant
• 中華 (ちゅうか) Chinese food
• 中華料理 (ちゅうかりょうり) Chinese cooking
• 繁華街 (はんかがい) business district
• 法華経 (ほけきょう) Lotus Sutra
• 蓮華 (れんげ) lotus flower
• 法華 (ほっけ) Nichiren sect
• 散華 (さんげ) rite of scattering flowers
• 法華宗 (ほっけしゅう) Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren)
• 華やか (はなやか) bright and beautiful
• 華々しい (はなばなしい) brilliant
• 華やぐ (はなやぐ) to become brilliant
• 武士道の華 (ぶしどうのはな) flower of chivalry (Bushido)
• 江戸の華 (えどのはな) widespread fires in Edo (often after earthquakes)
• 髻華 (うず) flower or branch fastened in the hair
• 華奢 (きゃしゃ) dainty
• 華為 (ファーウェイ) Huawei
• 拈華微笑 (ねんげみしょう) heart-to-heart communication
• 華流 (ファーリュー) influx of Chinese pop culture (into Japan)
• 華為技術 (ファーウェイぎじゅつ) Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

161 words in all.

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