"华" meaning in Chinese

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Character

Forms: For pronunciation and definitions of 华 – see 華 . . Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China [canonical], and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong [canonical], and Taiwan. [canonical], “brilliance [romanization]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : phonetic 化 + semantic 十 (“stalk and leaves”). The top component in 華/华 has been simplified to a phonetic element 化 (huà). This character first appeared in the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme by the People's Republic of China and is not known to have existed prior to that. Etymology templates: {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声), {{m|zh|化//|||tr=-}} 化, {{m|zh|十//||stalk and leaves|tr=-}} 十 (“stalk and leaves”), {{Han compound|化|十|c1=p|c2=s|ls=psc|no_och1=1|t2=stalk and leaves}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : phonetic 化 + semantic 十 (“stalk and leaves”), {{l|zh|華}} 華/华, {{l|zh|化}} 化 (huà)
  1. Wikipedia link: Chinese Character Simplification Scheme Tags: Macau, Malaysia, no-gloss

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