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桦

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(bound form) (botany) birch (genus Betula)

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Strokes
10
Radical
木 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
樺
Common rank
#3,200
Unicode
U+6866

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Formation & memory

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How 桦 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 华 sound ( huá )

Components 木 华

Words with 桦

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WordPinyinMeaning
桦南县 Huà nán Xiàn Huanan, a county in Jiamusi City 佳木斯市[Jia1 mu4 si1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
桦木科 huà mù kē Betulaceae (broadleaf tree family including birch and alder)
桦川县 Huà chuān Xiàn Huachuan, a county in Jiamusi City 佳木斯市[Jia1 mu4 si1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
桦南 Huà nán see 樺南縣|桦南县[Hua4 nan2 Xian4]
黑桦 hēi huà Betula dahurica
桦木 huà mù birch
桦甸市 Huà diàn Shì Huadian, a county-level city in Jilin City 吉林市[Ji2 lin2 Shi4], Jilin
桦树 huà shù birch
桦川 Huà chuān see 樺川縣|桦川县[Hua4 chuan1 Xian4]
桦甸 Huà diàn see 樺甸市|桦甸市[Hua4 dian4 Shi4]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 华 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
华 sound part huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese
哗 huá uproar, tumult, hubbub
铧 huá spade, shovel, plowshare
骅 huá an excellent horse