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花 = 化 + 艹

花 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “flower”. It is built from 化 (change) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1084.

Keyword
flower
RTK frame
1084
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カ, ケ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はな
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
цветок
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
花 flower

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 化 change
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 花 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “change” + “mugwort”. 花 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 花 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.