大丽花 (dà lì huā) — dahlia | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

dahlia

Measure word · 朵

大丽花。
Wǒ de huā yuán lǐ zhǒng le hěn duō dà lì huā.
I planted many dahlias in my garden.
大丽花。
dà lì huā De yán sè fēi cháng xiān yàn.
The color of the dahlia is very bright.
大丽花。
Wǒ mǎi le yí shù dà lì huā sòng gěi mā ma.
I bought a bouquet of dahlias for my mom.

Characters in this word

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

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 麗; 丽 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 麗 originally showed a deer with antlers. The simplified 丽 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

艹化花

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant

Sound part声符shēngfú

化

Same sound today

花 pairs 艹 (grass; plant) with 化, which gives the sound.

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