The Japanese kanji for flower: 花

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The kanji for flower: 花

The grass radical (艹) on top of 'change' (化): the plant that changes.

花
Meaning
flower
Kun reading
hana (Japanese)
On reading
KA (from Chinese)
Strokes
7
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書き順Stroke order

花 is written in 7 strokes, in this order. The red line is the new stroke at each step. Japanese is written top to bottom and left to right, and the order matters: it is what makes handwriting flow.

    Stroke data from KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

    使い方In everyday Japanese

    Word Reading Meaning
    花火 hanabi fireworks, literally fire-flowers
    花見 hanami blossom viewing

    敬意Wearing it

    Flower. Safe and cheerful on its own.

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