Read Edit View history 華 huáHuàhuāHuá magnificent Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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". Pinyin Separate values with commas huá × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 华 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 華 Simp strokes 華 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Pictograph of a fully bloomed flower. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 華 Simp strokes 華 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 華 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 354, 826 ], [ 396, 802 ], [ 431, 655 ] ], [ [ 176, 720 ], [ 200, 708 ], [ 247, 702 ], [ 483, 748 ] ], [ [ 593, 876 ], [ 607, 869 ], [ 625, 836 ], [ 568, 673 ] ], [ [ 563, 763 ], [ 585, 755 ], [ 635, 753 ], [ 771, 767 ], [ 810, 762 ], [ 845, 747 ] ], [ [ 353, 593 ], [ 376, 586 ], [ 415, 587 ], [ 515, 603 ], [ 620, 629 ], [ 660, 628 ] ], [ [ 76, 397 ], [ 128, 388 ], [ 425, 435 ], [ 832, 477 ], [ 890, 476 ], [ 947, 460 ] ], [ [ 280, 505 ], [ 303, 496 ], [ 322, 479 ], [ 359, 339 ] ], [ [ 659, 579 ], [ 674, 571 ], [ 693, 541 ], [ 665, 437 ], [ 630, 350 ] ], [ [ 295, 278 ], [ 332, 267 ], [ 627, 309 ], [ 690, 301 ] ], [ [ 202, 141 ], [ 258, 132 ], [ 465, 163 ], [ 732, 189 ], [ 774, 184 ], [ 812, 170 ] ], [ [ 457, 567 ], [ 499, 540 ], [ 495, -68 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