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
花样
huāyàng
variety; trick; pattern
Characters in this word
样 yàng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 促销活动的花样越来越多，但真正打动消费者的仍是质量。 Cùxiāo huódòng de huāyàng yuè lái yuè duō, dàn zhēnzhèng dǎdòng xiāofèizhě de réng shì zhìliàng. Promotional activities have more and more variations, but what truly moves consumers is still quality.
- 这家店的蛋糕花样很多，我挑了半天。 Zhè jiā diàn de dàngāo huāyàng hěn duō, wǒ tiāo le bàntiān. This shop has a great variety of cakes, and I spent ages choosing.
- 你别跟我耍花样，我一眼就看出来了。 Nǐ bié gēn wǒ shuǎ huāyàng, wǒ yì yǎn jiù kàn chūlái le. Don't try any tricks on me; I saw through it at a glance.