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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N4

578 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: flower

Kunyomi: はな

Onyomi: カ, ケ

Composition: 艹 化

花

Radical

Radical: 艸

Reading: くさかんむり

Meaning: grass

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

花壇(かだん)   flower bed

花瓶(かびん)   vase

造花(ぞうか)   artificial flowers

花粉(かふん)   pollen

開花する(かいかする)   bloom

花(はな)   flower

花屋(はなや)   florist

生け花(いけばな)   flower arrangement

花嫁(はなよめ)   bride

花火(はなび)   fireworks

お花見(おはなみ)   cherry-blossom viewing

草花(くさばな)   plants and flowers

Onyomi Examples

花形 (ハナガタ) floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)

花園 (ハナゾノ) flower garden

献花 (ケンカ) flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers

雄花 (オバナ) male flower, staminate flower

花かご (ハナカゴ) flower basket, flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals

華香 (ケコウ) flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)

天花 (テンゲ) flowers that bloom in the heavens, paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image

Kunyomi Examples

花 (はな) flower, blossom, bloom, petal, cherry blossom, beauty, blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), ikebana, hanafuda, (the) best, glorious, lovely

花形 (はながた) floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)

菜の花 (なのはな) rape blossoms, rapeseed flowers

紅花 (べにばな) safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)

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