捧花 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

pěnghuā

bouquet

pěng hold up in two hands

An offering 奉 made with two hands 扌; 奉 also provides the pronunciation

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

fèng offer

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		pʰoŋʔ
Unicode	piǒng

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound.

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

化 Sound component

huà change

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xwae	qʷʰˤra	flower (n.)