Jisho

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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

11 strokes
Radical:
dish
Parts:
boom, prosper, copulate
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
712 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 盛大 【セイダイ】 grand, magnificent, lavish, large scale, prosperous, thriving, lively, forceful, powerful, vigorous
  • 盛況 【セイキョウ】 success, prosperity, boom
  • 隆盛 【リュウセイ】 prosperity, flourishing, thriving
  • 士気旺盛 【シキオウセイ】 morale being very high, heightened fighting spirit
  • 盛者 【ショウジャ】 prosperous person, powerful person
  • 盛者必衰 【ジョウシャヒッスイ】 even the prosperous inevitably decay, sic transit gloria mundi, all that's fair must fade
  • 強盛 【キョウセイ】 might, mighty
  • 熾盛 【シジョウ】 vigor (like leaping flames), liveliness

Kun reading compounds

  • 盛る 【もる】 to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.), to dish out, to dish up, to fill (a bowl) with, to pile up, to heap up, to fill up, to stack up, to administer (medicine, poison), to dose out, to prescribe, to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement), to mark out (e.g. scale), to graduate (e.g. thermometer), to exaggerate, to apply heavy makeup
  • 盛る 【さかる】 to prosper, to flourish, to copulate (animals)
  • 盛ん 【さかん】 prosperous, flourishing, thriving, successful, popular, widespread, active, lively, energetic, vigorous, brisk, strong, enthusiastic, eager, hearty, frequent, repeated
  • 盛んな歓迎 【さかんなかんげい】 cordial reception

Readings

Japanese names:
もり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng4, cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • auge
  • prosperidad
  • apilar
  • colmar
  • prosperar
  • florecer
  • próspero

Portuguese

  • estrondo
  • prosperar
  • copular

French

  • prospérité
  • boom
  • copuler
921 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1476 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
737 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3116 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
898 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1554 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1469 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
719 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
732 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
922 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1371 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3314 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1717 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2332 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1469 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23001P Morohashi
2675 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3895 New Nelson (John Haig)
1457 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1567 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
925 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1474 2001 Kanji
5h6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-5 SKIP code
5310.7 Four corner code
1-32-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76db Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
leaf
Parts:
suddenly, immediately, in a hurry, arrange, stay in place, bow, kowtow
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 頓 【トミ】 sudden, abrupt, unexpected, stupid, foolish, attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.)
  • 頓狂 【トンキョウ】 wild, freakish, madcap, crazy, hysterical
  • 整理整頓 【セイリセイトン】 keeping things tidy and in order
  • 停頓 【テイトン】 deadlock, standstill, stalemate, set-back, abeyance

Kun reading compounds

  • 頓と 【とんと】 completely, not at all
  • 頓に 【とみに】 suddenly, all at once, rapidly

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dun4, du2
Korean:
don, dun

Spanish

  • de pronto
  • de repente
  • de una vez
  • preparar
  • arreglar
  • ordenar
  • recoger
  • bajar la cabeza

Portuguese

French

5121 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2115 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2122 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1320 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
43381 Morohashi
6623 New Nelson (John Haig)
2788 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1610 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
9a4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
5178.6 Four corner code
1-38-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9813 Unicode hex code