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華 means 'China' or 'Chinese'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 820   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-6    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 49 words   Used in 142 words   Used in 1859 names   Component in 11 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   カ   ケ
Kun
   はな flower; showy; China
Additional readings
Name    わ
Variants
崋   华 (Chinese)  
Notes
Lower component does not exist as an independent kanji.
Components
⿱  艹 (艸) grass  垂 hang down; hanging  
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See also
賁 decorations  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 華 is used 13 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 華 is used 133 times, read 3 ways (with 5 variations).
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カ : 83 words FIND ALL
ご う か 1
wonderful; gorgeous; splendor; splendour; pomp; extravagance
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ケ (read as げ) : 17 words FIND ALL
さ ん げ 1
falling as flowers do; dying a glorious death
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ケ : 11 words FIND ALL
け ご ん 0
noun
1. avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha)  (Buddhist term)
2. Avatamska sutra  (see also: 華厳経; abbreviation)
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カ (read as が) : 4 words FIND ALL
え い が 1
Most common form: えいが
noun
glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
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はな : 15 words FIND ALL
は な や か 2
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
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はな (read as ばな) : 1 word FIND ALL
ゆ ば な 1
noun
hot-springs mineral deposits (resembling flowers); flowers of sulphur; geyserite  (see also: 湯の花)
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きゃ: 1 word. FIND ALL
き ゃ し ゃ 0
1. dainty; delicate; slender; slim and elegant  (see also: 華奢:かしゃ)
2. fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
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わ: 1 word. FIND ALL
な に わ 0
Most common form: 難波
noun
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
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An additional 賁 less common words include 華 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
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Additional data
Henshall: 1046  Joy o' Kanji : 1046  Key to Kanji: - 

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華
カ   ケ   China; Chinese   はな flower; showy; China   
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垂
スイ   hang down; hanging   たらす to hang down, to suspend   たれる to be dangling, to drip   
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艹
grass   
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