Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 8
花 flower
- Meaning
- flower
- On reading
- カ
- Kun reading
- はな
Memory hook
The grass radical over 化 (change): the plant that changes into something worth looking at. カ in compounds, はな on its own.
Words that use 花
花
はな
flower
花火
はなび
fireworks
How to write 花
Stroke order · 7 strokes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
- 1. Horizontal.
- 2 to 3. Vertical.
- 4. The sweep down to the left.
- 5. Vertical.
- 6. The sweep down to the left.
- 7. Vertical, then turn across to the right, ending in a hook.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
花 is taught on day 17 of the kanji course, alongside 魚 田, with two writing passes and a short quiz.