Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
luxuriant, thick, overgrown, frequency, complexity, trouble
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1198 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 繁 【ハン】 complexity, frequency, trouble, traditional Chinese character, unsimplified Chinese character
  • 繁栄 【ハンエイ】 prosperity, thriving, flourishing

Kun reading compounds

  • 茂る 【しげる】 to grow thickly, to be in full leaf, to be rampant, to luxuriate, to be luxurious
  • 繁く 【しげく】 frequently

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan2, po2
Korean:
beon, ban

Spanish

  • exuberante
  • próspero
  • sobrecrecido
  • complejo
  • problemático
  • confuso

Portuguese

  • luxuriante
  • espesso
  • coberto de vegetação
  • frequência
  • complexidade
  • dificuldade

French

  • luxuriant
  • épais
  • envahi (herbes)
  • fréquence
  • complexité
  • ennuis
1720 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1136 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3596 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1092 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1647 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2848 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1292 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1367 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1187 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1510 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3536 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1826 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2484 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1349 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27803P Morohashi
2853 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4570 New Nelson (John Haig)
1337 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1435 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1845 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2341 2001 Kanji
6a10.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-6 SKIP code
8890.3 Four corner code
1-40-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e41 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
splendor, flower, petal, shine, luster, ostentatious, showy, gay, gorgeous
Kun:
はな
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1085 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 華 【カ】 flashiness, showiness, brilliance, splendor, bloom, flowers
  • 華僑 【カキョウ】 overseas Chinese
  • 献花 【ケンカ】 flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers
  • 精華 【セイカ】 essence, quintessence, flower, glory
  • 華厳 【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
  • 法華 【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

Kun reading compounds

  • 花 【はな】 flower, blossom, bloom, petal, cherry blossom, beauty, blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), ikebana, hanafuda, (the) best, glorious, lovely
  • 華やか 【はなやか】 bright and beautiful, gorgeous, showy, brilliant, splendid, gay, colorful, flowery, prosperous, flourishing, thriving
  • 武士道の華 【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

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua2, hua4, hua1
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • flor
  • pétalo
  • esplendor
  • vistoso

Portuguese

  • esplendor
  • flor
  • pétala
  • brilho
  • lustre
  • ostentação
  • gritante
  • alegre
  • maravilhoso

French

  • splendeur
  • fleur
  • pétale
  • briller
  • lustre
  • ostentatoire
  • voyant
  • magnifique
1046 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
807 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3955 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1409 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1704 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1266 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1074 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1122 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1323 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
656 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2841 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1465 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1973 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1595 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31119 Morohashi
2283 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5058 New Nelson (John Haig)
1581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1704 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1386 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1955 2001 Kanji
3k7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
4-10-4 SKIP code
2-4-6 SKIP code
4450.4 Four corner code
1-18-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
83ef Unicode hex code