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花 — flower; blossom; fancy pattern

flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend; lecherous

Pinyin
huā · Huā
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — huā, Huā — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 花: 7 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

花 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 花 in the HSK syllabus: 24

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spendHSK 2
  2. 花园huāyuángarden; park; yard with decorative plantsHSK 3
  3. 开花kāihuāto bloom; to blossom; to flowerHSK 3
  4. 零花钱línghuāqiánpocket money; allowanceHSK 4
  5. 鲜花xiānhuāflower; fresh flowersHSK 4
  6. 花费huāfèiexpense; cost; to spend; expenditureHSK 5
  7. 花朵huāduǒflowerHSK 6
  8. 花生huāshēngpeanutHSK 6
  9. 菊花júhuāchrysanthemum; chrysanthemum flower; anusHSK 6
  10. 兰花lánhuācymbidium; orchidHSK 6
  11. 梅花méihuāplum blossom; clubs ♣; wintersweetHSK 6
  12. 桂花guìhuāosmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragransHSK 7–9
  13. 荷花héhuālotusHSK 7–9
  14. 花瓣huābànpetalHSK 7–9
  15. 花卉huāhuìflowers and plantsHSK 7–9
  16. 花蕾huālěibud; flower budHSK 7–9
  17. 花纹huāwéndecorative designHSK 7–9
  18. 花样huāyàngpattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-styleHSK 7–9
  19. 火花huǒhuāspark; sparkleHSK 7–9
  20. 锦上添花jǐnshàng-tiānhuāto add flowers to brocadeHSK 7–9
  21. 棉花miánhuācottonHSK 7–9
  22. 天花板tiānhuābǎnceiling; upper limit; the very bestHSK 7–9
  23. 五花八门wǔhuā-bāménmyriad; all kinds of; all sorts ofHSK 7–9
  24. 烟花yānhuāfireworks; prostituteHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.