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
花蕾
huālěi
flower bud
Characters in this word
蕾 lěi
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 雷 thunder
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 早春的花蕾尚未开放，却已经让整片山坡显得有了生机。 Zǎochūn de huālěi shàngwèi kāifàng, què yǐjīng ràng zhěng piàn shānpō xiǎnde yǒu le shēngjī. The early-spring flower buds have not yet opened, but they already make the whole hillside seem alive.
- 玫瑰的花蕾一夜之间就绽开了。 Méigui de huālěi yí yè zhījiān jiù zhànkāi le. The rose buds burst open overnight.
- 枝头挂满了粉色的花蕾，再过几天就要开花了。 Zhītóu guà mǎn le fěnsè de huālěi, zài guò jǐ tiān jiù yào kāihuā le. The branches are covered with pink buds and will bloom in a few more days.