Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1085 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: splendor, flower, petal, shine, luster, ostentatious, showy, gay, gorgeous

Kunyomi: はな

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くさかんむり

Meaning: grass

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

道(かどう)   flower arrangement

氏(かし)   Fahrenheit

料理(ちゅうかりょうり)   Chinese food

麗な(かれいな)   splendid, magnificent

美な(かびな)   splendid, showy, gaudy

な(ごうかな)   gorgeous, luxurious

経(ほけきょう)   the Lotus Sutra

(はな)   flower, essence

やかな(はなやかな)   flowery, flamboyant

々しい(はなばなしい)   spectacular, brilliant, glorious

Onyomi Examples

flashiness, showiness, brilliance, splendor, bloom, flowers

カキョウ overseas Chinese

献花 ケンカ flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers

セイカ essence, quintessence, flower, glory

ケゴン avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha), Avatamska sutra, Kegon (sect of Buddhism)

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

ホッケ Nichiren sect, Tendai sect, Lotus Sutra

天花 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

やか はなやか showy, brilliant, gorgeous, florid, gay

武士道の ぶしどうのはな flower of chivalry (Bushido)

雪の花 ゆきのはな snowdrop (Galanthus spp.), snow falling like flower petals, snow on a tree resembling a flower, red snow