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花 means 'flower'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 436   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-7    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 13    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 278 words   Used in 544 words   Used in 3780 names   Component in 7 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   カ
Kun
   はな flower
Additional readings
On    ケ
Name    わ
Components
⿱  艹 (艸) grass  化 change  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 花 is used 17 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 花 is used 489 times, read 3 ways (with 3 variations).
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カ : 207 words FIND ALL
か び ん 2 か び ん 0
noun
(flower) vase
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ケ (read as げ) : 11 words FIND ALL
く げ 1
noun
offering of flowers (at shrine, grave, etc.); floral tribute
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ケ : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
flowers that bloom in the heavens; paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image  (Buddhist term)
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はな : 208 words FIND ALL
は な 2
noun
1. flower; blossom; bloom; petal
2. cherry blossom
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はな (read as ばな) : 58 words FIND ALL
い け ば な 1
Most common form: 活花
noun
1. flower arrangement
2. fresh flowers
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わ: 4 words. FIND ALL
な に わ ぶ し 0
noun
naniwabushi; var. of sung narrative popular during the Edo period
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An additional 55 less common words include 花 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 70 (originally: 9)  Joy o' Kanji : 9  Key to Kanji: 85 

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花
カ   はな flower   
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艹
grass   
化
カ   ケ   ばける to change   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
匕
さじ spoon   
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