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:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くさかんむり

Meaning: grass

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

壇(かだん)   flower bed

瓶(かびん)   vase

(ぞうか)   artificial flowers

粉(かふん)   pollen

する(かいかする)   bloom

(はな)   flower

屋(はなや)   florist

生け(いけばな)   flower arrangement

嫁(はなよめ)   bride

火(はなび)   fireworks

見(おはなみ)   cherry-blossom viewing

(くさばな)   plants and flowers

Onyomi Examples

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

ハナゾノ flower garden

ケンカ flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers

ベニバナ safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower

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

ケビョウ vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)

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

Kunyomi Examples

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

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

菜の なのはな rape blossoms, rapeseed flowers

べにばな safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower