华
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huá · flowery

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6Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 华

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Example sentences

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Jǐ jìn shī chuán de zhōng huá lǐ yí yòng yǔ.几近失传的中华礼仪用语。

Nearly lost Chinese etiquette terms.

Source: Tatoeba #9794509 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ men xū yào yǒu cái huá de rén.我们需要有才华的人。

We need talented people.

Source: Tatoeba #2316507 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ā ěr jí ěr shì yí zuò yǒu zhe chāo guò sān bǎi duō wàn rén kǒu de fán huá dūshì.阿尔及尔是一座有着超过三百多万人口的繁华都市。

Algiers is a bustling city of over three million people.

Source: Tatoeba #8560794 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zài qī lóu, nǐ kě yǐ zhǎo dào sì gè háo huá cān tīng.在七楼,你可以找到四个豪华餐厅。

On the seventh floor, you can find four luxury restaurants.

Source: Tatoeba #8968582 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhōng guó, quán míng zhōng huá rén mín gòng hé guó, wèi yú yà zhōu dōng bù, tài píng yáng xī àn.中国,全名中华人民共和国,位于亚洲东部,太平洋西岸。

China, otherwise known as the People's Republic of China, is located in east Asia, on the western coast of the Pacific ocean.

Source: Tatoeba #6010155 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tāng mǔ shì gè hěn yǒu cái huá de zuò jiā.汤姆是个很有才华的作家。

Tom is a very talented writer.

Source: Tatoeba #5978329 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 华 in context

  1. Say huá, then recall the core meaning: flowery.
  2. Write all 6 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 中华 (Zhōng huá), meaning “Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 华 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.