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樺 is a Chinese, old Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja word that means birch [tree].
If you are a botanist, this can refer to “betula japonica” or “Japanese white birch.”
Note: In Japanese, as a single Kanji, this is a little antiquated. There are several more common multi-character words that include this Kanji that specify different species of birch trees.
花 is the simple way to write “flower” in Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean.
It can also mean blossoms or can refer to a fancy or assorted pattern.
Note: In some contexts, it can mean “spend money.” However, as a single character, it will be read as a flower.
This has the meaning of Xochitl (flower) in Spanish, so if your name is Xochitl, I suggest this character to represent your name.
More random information about this character:
花 is the Korean surname spelled as “Hwa” before the Korean Romanization reformation of 2000-2001.
It's also a somewhat common given name in China (for females).
花 is a borrowed word from Chinese, so it sounds similar in Chinese and Korean.
華 means blooming flowers or splendid China.
華 is really open to interpretation. 華 meant flowers or blooming in ancient China. It still has that meaning in Japanese, and Buddhist contexts.
In modern China, this means glorious, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, or the best part of something. It can also refer to the country of China or something Chinese (such as people - overseas Chinese are often called “hua ren”). 華 is also a surname in China.
In Japanese, this can be the female given name “Ririka.” It's also the short name for a certain kind of playing cards in Japan.
In Korean, This can be the surname “Hwa.” While it also means splendid, flowery, or the country of China in Korean.
華佗 or Hua Tuo was a Chinese physician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty.
The historical texts Records of the Three Kingdoms and Book of the Later Han record Hua Tuo as the first person in China to use anesthesia during surgery.
Hua Tuo used a general anesthetic combining wine with a herbal concoction called 麻沸散, literally, “cannabis boil powder.” This was in the second century AD, almost 1700 years before western medicine had any form of anesthesia (1846).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your hua search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
樺 桦 see styles |
huà hua4 hua kanba かんば |
More info & calligraphy: Birch(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) birch (esp. Japanese white birch); (surname) Kanba |
花 see styles |
huā hua1 hua ririka りりか |
More info & calligraphy: Flower(1) flower; blossom; bloom; petal; (2) cherry blossom; (3) beauty; (4) blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); (5) ikebana; (6) (abbreviation) Japanese playing cards; (7) (the) best; (female given name) Ririka 華 puṣpa, a flower, flowers; especially the lotus, and celestial flowers. 花座 The lotus throne on which buddhas and bodhisattvas sit. |
華 华 see styles |
huá hua2 hua ka か |
More info & calligraphy: Flowers / Blooming / Splendid / China(1) flashiness; showiness; brilliance; splendor; (2) bloom; flowers; (female given name) Ririka kusuma; puṣpa; padma; a flower, blossom; flowery; especially the lotus; also 花, which also means pleasure, vice; to spend, waste, profligate. 華 also means splendour, glory, ornate; to decorate; China. |
化身 see styles |
huà shēn hua4 shen1 hua shen keshin けしん |
More info & calligraphy: Avatar(n,vs,adj-no) {Buddh} incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar nirmāṇakāya, 應身, 應化身; 變化身 The third characteristic or power of the trikāya 三身, a Buddha's metamorphosic body, which has power to assume any shape to propagate the Truth. Some interpret the term as connoting pan-Buddha, that all nature in its infinite variety is the phenomenal 佛身 Buddha-body. A narrower interpretation is his appearance in human form expressed by 應身, while 化身 is used for his manifold other forms of appearances. |
櫻花 樱花 see styles |
yīng huā ying1 hua1 ying hua sakura さくら |
More info & calligraphy: Cherry Blossom(female given name) Sakura |
滑稽 see styles |
huá jī hua2 ji1 hua chi kokkei / kokke こっけい |
More info & calligraphy: Funny / Humorous(noun or adjectival noun) (1) funny; comical; humorous; laughable; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) ridiculous; silly; absurd |
演化 see styles |
yǎn huà yan3 hua4 yen hua |
More info & calligraphy: Evolve / Evolution |
漫畫 漫画 see styles |
màn huà man4 hua4 man hua |
More info & calligraphy: ManhuaSee: 漫画 |
火花 see styles |
huǒ huā huo3 hua1 huo hua hibana ひばな |
More info & calligraphy: Sparks / Sparklespark; (female given name) Hibana |
精華 精华 see styles |
jīng huá jing1 hua2 ching hua seika / seka せいか |
More info & calligraphy: Seika / Quintessenceessence; quintessence; flower; glory; (f,p) Seika |
花開 花开 see styles |
huā kāi hua1 kai1 hua k`ai hua kai hanakai はなかい |
More info & calligraphy: Flower Open / Blooming Flowerflower opens |
荷花 see styles |
hé huā he2 hua1 ho hua |
More info & calligraphy: Lotus |
華佗 华佗 see styles |
huà tuó hua4 tuo2 hua t`o hua to kada かだ |
More info & calligraphy: Hua Tuo(personal name) Kada |
進化 进化 see styles |
jìn huà jin4 hua4 chin hua shinka しんか |
More info & calligraphy: Evolution(n,vs,vi) (1) {biol} evolution; (n,vs,vi) (2) (ant: 退化・2) evolution; becoming more advanced; progress; development; improvement; (female given name) Shinka |
開花 开花 see styles |
kāi huā kai1 hua1 k`ai hua kai hua kaika かいか |
More info & calligraphy: Opening / Blooming Flowers(n,vs,vi) (1) flowering; blooming; blossoming; coming into bloom; (n,vs,vi) (2) flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming; bearing fruit (of efforts); (female given name) Haruka |
大麗花 大丽花 see styles |
dà lì huā da4 li4 hua1 ta li hua |
More info & calligraphy: Dahlia |
妙蓮華 妙莲华 see styles |
miào lián huá miao4 lian2 hua2 miao lien hua myō renge |
More info & calligraphy: Wisdom Lotus |
愛德華 爱德华 see styles |
ài dé huá ai4 de2 hua2 ai te hua |
More info & calligraphy: Edward |
木蘭花 木兰花 see styles |
mù lán huā mu4 lan2 hua1 mu lan hua |
More info & calligraphy: Magnolia Flower |
杜鵑花 杜鹃花 see styles |
dù juān huā du4 juan1 hua1 tu chüan hua tokenka とけんか |
More info & calligraphy: Azalea(See 五月・さつき・2) satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum); (given name) Tokenka |
耶和華 耶和华 see styles |
yē hé huá ye1 he2 hua2 yeh ho hua |
More info & calligraphy: Jehovah |
花木蘭 花木兰 see styles |
huā mù lán hua1 mu4 lan2 hua mu lan |
More info & calligraphy: Hua Mulan |
茉莉花 see styles |
mò li huā mo4 li5 hua1 mo li hua matsurika まつりか |
More info & calligraphy: Jasmine FlowerArabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac); (female given name) Marika |
華盛頓 华盛顿 see styles |
huá shèng dùn hua2 sheng4 dun4 hua sheng tun washinton ワシントン |
More info & calligraphy: Washington(ateji / phonetic) (1) (kana only) Washington, DC (capital of the United States of America); (2) (kana only) Washington (US state) |
蓮華智 莲华智 see styles |
lián huá zhì lian2 hua2 zhi4 lien hua chih renge chi |
More info & calligraphy: Mystic Lotus Wisdom of Amitabha |
藏紅花 藏红花 see styles |
zàng hóng huā zang4 hong2 hua1 tsang hung hua |
More info & calligraphy: Saffron |
進化論 进化论 see styles |
jìn huà lùn jin4 hua4 lun4 chin hua lun shinkaron しんかろん |
More info & calligraphy: Theory of Evolutionevolutionary theory; theory of evolution |
霍華德 霍华德 see styles |
huò huá dé huo4 hua2 de2 huo hua te |
More info & calligraphy: Howard |
鳶尾花 鸢尾花 see styles |
yuān wěi huā yuan1 wei3 hua1 yüan wei hua |
More info & calligraphy: Iris Flower |
划 see styles |
huá hua2 hua |
to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do something) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Birch | 樺 桦 | kanba / kaba | huà / hua4 / hua | |
Flower | 花 | hana | huā / hua1 / hua | |
Flowers Blooming Splendid China | 華 华 | ririka | huá / hua2 / hua | |
Hua Tuo | 華佗 华佗 | huá tuó / hua2 tuo2 / hua tuo / huatuo | hua t`o / huato / hua to | |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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