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华 (huā) — (noun, surname) a Chinese surname, properly pronounced Huà; (noun, proper noun) Mount Hua, a famous mountain in Shaanxi (华山, Huà Shān)

Definition

Headword is the surname and Mount Hua entry; at HSK 7 it is almost always read Huá (splendid/China), but in 华山 and the surname it is pronounced Huà — don't confuse the two.

noun
(noun, surname) a Chinese surnameproperly pronounced Huà(noun, proper noun) Mount Huaa famous mountain in Shaanxi (华山, Huà Shān)

Examples

  • 华，陕。
    Tā xìng huā, shì shǎn xī rén.
    His surname is Hua, and he is from Shaanxi.
  • 华。
    huā Shān shì zhōng guó wǔ yuè zhī yī.
    Mount Hua is one of China's Five Great Mountains.
  • 华陕。
    Wǒ tīng shuō huā xìng zài shǎn xī hěn cháng jiàn.
    I've heard the surname Hua is very common in Shaanxi.

Origin

Pictograph
六书liùshū
象形xiàngxíng

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 華; 华 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 華 showed flowers on a plant, with stalk and leaves below. The simplified 华 is a later shorthand and not the original picture.

Appears in
China — Places5000 Most Frequent Chinese Words

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