華: flowery; illustrious; Chinese

 

華 [华] huá

: magnificent; splendid; flowery
: illustrious
: abbr. for China

華 [华] huà

: Mt Hua 华山 in Shaanxi

華 [华] huā

: old variant of 花 flower

Kun Reading

華 | はな hana

noun
: flower; blossom; bloom; petal
: blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); cherry blossom
: ikebana
: (Abbreviation) Japanese playing cards
: beauty
: (the) best

 Usage:

華僑 [华侨] hua2qiao2: overseas Chinese; (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality
[華僑 | かきょう kakyou: overseas Chinese merchants]

華[华]人 hua2ren2: ethnic Chinese person or people

華麗 [华丽] hua2li4: gorgeous
[華麗 | かれい karei: splendor; magnificence]

華[华]府 hua2fu3: Washington, D.C.; the US federal government
[華府 | かふ kafu: Washington]

才華[华] cai2hua2: talent

精華[华] jing1hua2: best feature; most important part of an object; quintessence; essence; soul
[精華 | せいか seika: flower; essence; glory]

豪華[华] hao2hua2: luxurious
[豪華 | ごうか gouka: wonderful; gorgeous; splendor; pomp; extravagance]

繁華[华] fan2hua2: flourishing; bustling
[繁華 | はんか hanka: bustle; prosperity]

繁華街 | はんかがい hankagai: business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping center; downtown

中華[华] zhong1hua2: China (alternate formal name)
[中華 | ちゅうか chuuka: Chinese (e.g. food)]

中華街 | ちゅうかがい chuukagai: Chinatown
中華料理 | ちゅうかりょうり chuuka ryouri: Chinese cooking; Chinese food

華 [华] hua4: Mt Hua 华山 in Shaanxi

華[华]山 hua4shan1: Mt Hua in Shaanxi, westmost of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳

華[华]陀 hua4tuo2: Hua Tuo (c. 140-208), ancient Chinese physician from the Eastern Han period

華 [华] hua1: old variant: of 花 flower

曼珠沙華 [曼珠沙华] man4 zhu1 sha1 hua1: red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); sanskrit mañjusaka; cluster amaryllis
[曼珠沙華 | まんじゅしゃげ manjushage: red spider lily; cluster belladonna; cluster amaryllis; manjusaka]

Personality

劉德華 [刘德华] liu2 de2 hua2
: Andy Lau (27 September 1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor. He has been one of Hong Kong’s most commercially successful and prolific film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time. In the 1990s, he was one of the Four Heavenly Kings (四大天王) of Cantopop (the list includes Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok and Leon Lai). By April 2000, he had already won a total unprecedented 292 awards. In 2005, Lau was awarded “No.1 Box office Actor 1985–2005” of Hong Kong, yielding a total box office of HKD 1,733,275,816 for shooting 108 films in the past 20 years. – wikipedia

周華健 [周华健] zhou1 hua2 jian4
: Emil Wakin Chau (22 December 1960-), HK-born Taiwanese singer and actor. His popularity has spread throughout Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China, and parts of Southeast Asia (Singapore and Malaysia). As of August 2007, he has released more than 40 albums and held several international concert tours. – wikipedia

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | proverb
華やか | はなやか hanayaka: showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay

華やぐ | はなやぐ hanayagu: to become brilliant

華奢 | きゃしゃ kyasha OR かしゃ kasha
: luxury; pomp
: delicate; slender; gorgeous

華々しい | はなばなしい hanabanashi: brilliant; magnificent; spectacular

富貴栄華 | ふうきえいが fuuki eiga
: (yoji) wealth, rank, and arrogant splendor

豪華絢爛 | ごうかけんらん gouka kenran: luxurious and gorgeous

華を去り実に就く | かをさりじつにつく ka o sari jitsu ni tsuku
: to discard the flower for the fruit

*拈華微笑 | ねんげみしょう nenge mishō
: (yoji) heart-to-heart communication; thought transference; holding a flower and subtly smiling

南無妙法蓮華経 | なむみょうほうれんげきょう namu myouhou renge kyou
: (Buddhist term) Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra

火事と喧嘩は江戸の華 | かじとけんかはえどのはな kaji to kenka wa edo no hana
: (proverb) fights and fires are Edo’s flowers

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
初露才華 [初露才华] chu1 lu4 cai2 hua2
: first sign of budding talent; to display one’s ability for the first time

榮華富貴 [荣华富贵] rong2 hua2 fu4 gui4
: glory, splendor, wealth and rank; high position and great wealth

容華絕代 [容华绝代] rong2 hua2 jue2 dai4
: be blessed with rare and radiant beauty

豆蔻年華 [豆蔻年华] dou4 kou4 nian2 hua2
: a girl’s teenage years; maidenhood; a budding beauty

才華出眾 [才华出众] cai2 hua2 chu1 zhong4
: outstanding talent; incomparable artistic merit

才華橫溢 [才华横溢] cai2 hua2 heng2 yi4
: brimming over with talent (esp. literary); brilliant

才華蓋世 [才华盖世] cai2 hua2 gai4 shi4
: peerless talent; incomparable artistic merit

*拈華微笑 [拈华微笑] nian1 hua2 wei2 xiao4
: holding flowers with a subtle smile

取其精華，去其糟粕 [取其精华，去其糟粕] qu3 qi2 jing1 hua2 , qu4 qi2 zao1 po4
: take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan); keep what is good, discard the rest. You need to be selective when studying. In modernizing the country, don’t accept uncritically all foreign ideas.