拼音
- huā (first tone, high and level)
flower, blossom; patterned, multicoloured; to spend (money or time)
字形拆解
Ideographic description
⿱艹化The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.
- 艹meaning partno entry yetThe grass radical: a flower is part of a plant.
- 化sound partno entry yet化 huà for the sound; on its own it means to change or transform.
Mnemonic
Plants 艹 with 化 "to transform" underneath for the sound — and the sense does no harm either, since a bud transforms into a bloom. Three uses to keep together: 花 a flower, 花园 a garden; 花 as an adjective, patterned or gaudy; and the verb, 花钱 to spend money, 花时间 to take time.
A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.