花 huā
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 化 to change, to convert, to reform
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
花瓣
huābàn
petal
Characters in this word
瓣 bàn
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 瓜 — melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 雨后的花瓣贴在石阶上，像一层被打湿的薄绸。 Yǔ hòu de huābàn tiē zài shíjiē shang, xiàng yì céng bèi dǎ shī de bó chóu. After the rain, the petals clung to the stone steps like a layer of damp silk.
- 风一吹，樱花的花瓣就落了一地。 Fēng yì chuī, yīnghuā de huābàn jiù luò le yí dì. As soon as the wind blew, cherry-blossom petals covered the ground.
- 女儿把玫瑰的花瓣夹在书里做成书签。 Nǚ'ér bǎ méigui de huābàn jiā zài shū lǐ zuò chéng shūqiān. My daughter pressed rose petals into a book to make a bookmark.