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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
化 艸 ⿱艹化
Mandarin
hua1
English
Definitions
flower; fancy pattern; blossom; to spend; to spend (money time); to spend (money; time); blossoms
Mnemonic
Plant parts 艸 that change 化
Etymology
Notes
Original form of 華; later simplified to 化 phonetic and plant radical 艸