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花 huā flower in Mandarin Chinese
Definition[edit | edit source]
Radical is 艸 căo “grass,” which is written 草 when it occurs as an independent word (456). When it occurs as a radical at the top of a character, the “grass” radical is written as 艹 and is then known as 草字头 (草 字頭) căozìtóu “top made up of the character 草.” Phonetic is 化 huà “change” (479).
Examples[edit | edit source]
- 花 huā(r) flower [N]
- 菜花 càihuā cauliflower [N]
Video[edit | edit source]
Sources[edit | edit source]
Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- 春 chūn spring
- 算 suàn reckon, calculate
- 石 shí rock, stone
- 化 huà change; melt
- 注 zhù concentrate on
- Radical 艹
- 把 bă take, hold
- 火 huŏ fire
- 球 qiú ball, globe
- 元 yuán
- 替 tì replace, substitute; for
- 丁 Dīng Ding
- 参(參) cān participate
- 主 zhŭ master, host, lord; main
- 强(強) qiáng strong, powerful; superior